Maybe a decade ago, when sweeping the terrace outside our condo in Toronto, I came upon a fairly fresh bird carcass in the little well...
5 months ago

Latin name: Falco sparverius. Size: 8 to 12 inches long; wingspan is 20 to 24 inches. Texas habitat: Statewide.
2 months ago

The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most colorful falcon in North America being a little bigger than a robin.
8 months ago

In Missouri, kestrels nesting usually begins in March. A clutch of four to six eggs is laid in early April. As stated above, American...
2 months ago

See pictures of 4 live birds of prey: the American Kestrel, Eastern Screech-Owl, Harris's Hawk, and Red-tailed Hawk.
1 week ago

Translocating kestrels away from airports seems to keep most of them away, which means fewer aircraft strikes.
5 months ago

KALONA The itty-bitty American Kestrel might not intimidate at a glance, but this small raptor terrorizes many across the American continent...
9 months ago

I didn't work on bird taxonomy, but instead cut my taxonomic teeth on plants that grow in exotic parts of this lovely planet.
22 months ago

Abstract Objective—To determine the pharmacokinetics of buprenorphine hydrochloride after IM and IV administration to American kestrels (Falco sparverius).
38 months ago

American kestrels are tiny falcons, the size of a mourning dove or a blue jay. Patient predators and fast fliers, kestrels wing along at over 35 miles an hour.
30 months ago