It’s always a tense moment, watching the researchers walk down our dirt road with an empty basket in hand. Once the ladder is propped up on the telephone pole and a scientist climbs it &#8211… ...

Local property owners and volunteers are giving kestrels a chance to thrive in an age where the species’ population has ...

Since 2012, Aurora resident Taylor Joray has been overseeing the Kane Country Kestrel Nest Box Program, building birdhouses to attract American kestrels, the smallest of falcons on this continent.

Wooden nest boxes in the Treasure Valley house American kestrels, where they are observed by Idaho scientists. 2022 marks the 30th year of data collection on this declining species. Jim Shane You ...

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 ...

Masked and gloved to protect the small falcon from any possibility of avian flu exposure, Mercy Melo gently placed a female American kestrel nestling onto the digital scale she had set up on a card… ...

On March 17, 2013, The Dispatch ran a story describing the initiation of an American kestrel nest-box trail. The kestrel, our smallest falcon, requires cavities for nest sites, and suitable homes ...

Philip Pineau, vice president of the Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group, installed a box for the American Kestrel, the Island's smallest falcon, to nest on his property. The inside of the box is also ...

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 ...