The American Kestrel characteristically hunts along roadsides from telephone wires, fence posts, trees or other convenient perches when not flying in search of food. When they are flying and looking for food they frequently hover with rapid wingbeats. A photo of an American Kestrel I took last January: Sparrow Hawk
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If you look real close you can see what looks to be feathers in its claws. Photo taken at Chaffee Crossing (Arkansas). From Wikipedia: The American Kestrel is a small falcon. This bird was (and sometimes still is) colloquially known in North America as the “Sparrow Hawk”. Another photo I took of a Kestrel: American [...]
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