North America's smallest falcon, the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), has declined across the continent since the 1970s, yet the causes continue to stump raptor biologists. A new study published ...

The American kestrel, a colorful and charismatic falcon, has kept researchers scratching their heads for years. Population declines are confirmed across North America, but who or what to blame has ...

Almost everywhere you look during winter on power lines by open fields or roadways, you’ll likely see an American kestrel. Once called a “sparrow hawk,” the diminutive falcon is far more likely to ...

At first, people thought it might be a housing shortage. Scientists had noticed worrisome declines in the American kestrel, a small, flashy falcon found coast to coast. The downturn was especially ...

The search for answers to the massive decline of the American kestrel continues — and one piece of that research involves banding chicks born each spring in the Treasure Valley, one of the best areas ...

While most people have heard of falcons, here’s a definition: A bird of prey, with long pointed wings and a notched beak, typically catching prey by diving upon it from above. Six species in the ...

Discover the beauty of the American Kestrel, North America’s widespread falcon, through a rare close encounter and learn about its changing population trends.#BirdWatching #WildlifePhotography ...

A small, handsome falcon perched atop a shrub in the early morning as a cold winter wind swept across the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. Even at a distance, I knew the bird was an American kestrel ...

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A quick look could cause us to mistake an American kestrel for a mourning dove perched on a wire. But a careful look reveals a bird with a beak like a hawk. It’s a diminutive falcon, at about ...