Plenty of science-based protocol guides the construction, placement and monitoring of nest boxes, but getting a kestrel pair to move in and raise a family is still hit or miss. Fermilab in Batavia ...

The kestrel account concluded thusly ... A combination of habitat improvement and nest-box placement can only help the charismatic little falcons to not only survive, but hopefully thrive.

The nest-box placement at the Rentschler Arboretum ... assist Hawk Mountain researcher Mercy Melo with banding American kestrel nestlings at the club's Rentschler Arboretum near Bernville.

and monitoring adults and hatchlings during the breeding season to determine if nest box placement resulted in reproductive success. “The American kestrel happens to be a bird that is suffering ...

That's where Wheeler and others like him around the country come in. His is one of 33 kestrel nest box projects in the Northeast, he said. Wheeler is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire ...

Being a bird landlord and managing a nest box is an exciting way to help your feathered neighbors, but it comes with great responsibility. According to Dan Sparks, who has been involved with ...

Idaho scientists are leading the charge to find out why. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Treasure Valley’s kestrel nest box project, one of the longest running kestrel monitoring ...

Not sure you’ve ever seen a kestrel in the wild ... To improve the bird’s numbers, CARRI has placed nest boxes throughout the Front Range for years. There are now 100 boxes from the Wyoming ...

Once the ladder is propped up on the telephone pole and a scientist climbs it – once the side door of the kestrel nest box is opened – will there be any healthy chicks inside? I take a nervous ...