Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 13—If you're lucky enough to spot an American kestrel swooping over a field or perched on a telephone line, you might thank ...

Our American kestrels need more nests. The numbers of North America’s smallest falcon have been in freefall since the 1960s and are now down by half due to loss of habitat, predation by Cooper’s hawks ...

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 ...

Almost 20 years ago, I wrote about an experience our family had nurturing an injured American kestrel back to health. In that column I boldly proclaimed that in our area, kestrel populations were ...

American kestrels are tiny, colorful and feisty. Attitude-wise, they’re the chihuahuas of the avian world: They’re unafraid to take on much larger birds, ready to backstab turkey vultures and ...

In what began as a side project in 2022 for Berkshire Bird Observatory Executive Director Ben Nickley, The Kestrel Nest Box Project is on track to have added over 200 kestrels to the local population ...

Things that come to mind when it’s too hot to walk outside and my mind wanders around, sometimes in places it shouldn’t be. Lord, save us from geezer thinking. I recently saw a news item about how ...

Have you ever wanted to make art in the presence of a bird of prey? Thanks to an army of dedicated people who have made it their job to protect threatened and injured birds, dozens of rescued raptors ...

Julia Benzel shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander an American Kestrel at Miller Park Zoo named Jess Meet Jess, our amazing American kestrel! These birds of prey show sexual dimorphism, with males ...

Jul. 13—If you're lucky enough to spot an American kestrel swooping over a field or perched on a telephone line, you might thank Steve Wheeler. For 50 years, Wheeler has played a key role in keeping ...