Watching the kestrels breeding in a old castle wall

On one of my photography trips here in Upper Austria in Spring, Stefan and I visited the Ruins of an Old Castle to take some pictures of birds that live there. We were initially looking for the Red crossbill but we couldn't find it this day so I took several picturs of the old castle ruins and also the kestrels / faclons that were using the old castle walls as a breeding spot. It was nice watching them since they were flying back and forth to their nest feeding their little offspring. But since the small krestrels were hiding in the hole I only could take some pictures of their parents. They were probably still to young to think about flying. But we stayed only for some minutes so we don't disturb them too much.

Falcon / Kestrel at the entrance to the breeding hole in the wall. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Kestrel carefully watching me. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Falcon landing on the entrance of breeding hole. Picture: Florian Glechner.

The birds were perching pretty far up the walls. Picture: Florian Glechner.

But with a little cropping it is possible to get some closeup pictures. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Falcon on a Iron rope tat was securing parts of the ruins. Picture: Florian Glechner.