Kestrel

//ˈkɛstɹəl//

"Kestrel" in a Sentence (2 examples)

When she was musing she was a kestrel, which hangs in the air by an invisible motion of its wings.

Up on the downs the red-eyed kestrels hover, Eyeing the grass. The field mouse flits like a shadow into cover As their shadows pass.

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