Look Who Came to Call on the Hummingbirds Today!

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A Kestrel, which is a type of falcon.
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I didn’t think it was a friendly visit and the hummingbirds didn’t either!
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Kestrels like to hover in the still air and dive bomb their prey at up to 65 miles per hour. The Hummingbirds seemed to know this and cleared out tout de suite !
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All except for this juvenile who is not even fully fledged yet. He thought it was a great opportunity to dominate the feeder. Of course since I was out and about, the poor kestrel had to look somewhere else for his morning meal!
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And the juvenile hummer lived to fledge another day.
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When the kestrel left, the hummers returned.
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They are currently consuming approximately 32 ounces of nectar daily!
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The kestrel is divine isn’t he? He was quite unafraid. Life at The Holler is really ‘for the birds’ and that is fine by me!
Cheers to you from all your Holler feathered friends~