Spirit Guide of the day is Kestrel! Now may be a time to view your life from a different perspective. It will be important for you to consider your life and what future goals you may have. This may require some time by yourself to think things over. Otherwise, you may be spending a bit too much time alone. Lessons to learn how to plan your time are in your future. Make sure you know what goals you want and how you are going to get them before you strike. The Kestrel guide is known for it's connection to agility, grace, and mental speed. Kestrels have been used in falconry for thousands of years and may signify a look at past-life connections. Kestrels are one of the very few falcons that can hover, showing us how to wait for the perfect opportunity before taking action. This spirit guide teaches us patience, speed, and accuracy. It is a sign to fully commit to the choices you decide to make and act with grace in all of your actions. Kestrel teaches us how to advance our mental powers and use our abilities to the best of our abilities. Kestrel teaches us that size does not equal strength, but that our strength comes from our decisive, intelligent actions. People who connect with Kestrel are often patient, intelligent types who prefer to always sit somewhere where they have a wide view of everything around them. These individuals are often graceful in their movements as well as willing to wait and observe to take in all the information they can before acting. These types are usually vibrant, out-going individuals with a great deal of time spend in deep-thought. Detail-oriented, they are also adept at changing directions and recovering from any situation with skill and grace.

Kestrels, Falco Sparverius, are carnivorous birds belonging to the Falcon family that can live up to 14 years in the wild. They are the smallest and most colorful of the Falcon family, although being the smallest does not stop the Kestrel from being one of the fiercest of the raptor family. Kestrels often grow an average wingspan of 24 inches and weigh just over 5 ounces. They possess a mixture of blue and red feathers with distinctive black spots over their body and 'tear-stains' on their faces. Kestrels are one of the very few birds who are able to hover. This skill enables them to hover above possible prey before diving down for the attack. These intense avians are known for their hard strike when diving for prey. Their technique includes hitting their prey hard enough to kill them upon impact. They are often seen perching to view for prey and have eyesight so keen they can see the movement of a beetle from a great distance. This amazing vision can even see ultraviolet light which enables them to see urine trails that help them to track down prey. Kestrels can be found throughout the Americas all year round and often migrate north into Canada for summer breeding. Kestrels often prefer open areas with short vegetation and few trees such as grasslands, deserts, farm fields, meadows, and even urban areas such as cities and suburbs. They are known to be attracted to human areas such as pastures and parks. During winter, the preferred habitat will change according to gender. Males often will gravitate towards areas with more trees while females will stick to the more open habitats. The diet of a Kestrel consists of insects, small rodents, and, sometimes, other birds. Kestrels will eat a range of animals that include grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, scorpions, butterflies, voles, mice, bats, small songbirds, snakes, frogs, and more. They have even been known to store extra food in hidden places like tree roots, bushes, fence posts, and tree cavities. These birds hunt during the day and can often be seen harassing larger birds during migration and even attacking hawks who invade their territory during the breeding season. At times, Kestrels will even chase off bluebirds, squirrels, and other animals from nesting cavities when spots are limited. During breeding season, males will repeatedly climb and dive through the air with sharp calls at the top of each climb. Courting Kestrels will often share gifts of food, particularly males giving gifts to the female. Nesting is done in cavities such as natural tree hollows, rock crevices or indented areas of man-made structures. Kestrels lack the ability to dig their own homes and so rely on what they find in order to nest. In order to help Kestrel populations, nesting boxes can be made to give them more areas to have eggs. The nesting site is often searched out by the male and proposed to the female kestrel who will make the final decision on whether it is good enough. Within the cavity, the nest is often a slight depression in the flooring with loose, soft materials. A kestrel female will often lay 4 to 5 yellow or reddish-brown eggs that hatch into pink babies covered in light, white down. Their eyes will open within the first two days usually and grow their fully developed wings between 28 and 31 days.