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 ...

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 ...

I took part in the annual Spring Bird Count conducted by the Lee and Lois Herndon Chapter of Tennessee Ornithological Society. I helped find a lot of good birds, including American kestrels in a field ...

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 ...

On a blazingly hot day in June, amid the rolling hills around California’s Mount Diablo, I caught a glimpse of the American kestrel’s future. It was the tail end of the bird’s fledging season, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...