American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
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This bird has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Mesa, Arizona(2 reports)
Logan Lake, British Columbia
Huntington Beach, California
Stanton, California
Sunland, California
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mims, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Trenton, Florida
Madison, Illinois
Westchester, Illinois
Coatesville, Indiana
Yale, Iowa
Hebron, Kentucky
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
West Monroe, Louisiana
College Park, Maryland
Conway, Missouri
Elephant Butte, New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Bend, Oregon
Gold Hill, Oregon
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Austin, Texas
Dayton, Texas
Magnolia, Texas
Walkerton, Virginia
Lander, Wyoming
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Chillybean
We put up a nesting box early in 2013. After two summers of nest failures (eggs laid but not hatched), we built a new, deeper box and placed it further from the road, yet still along the same fence line. Because of the frequent in and out activity, we suspect there are young now, but won't be sure until we open up the box when they leave or the young Kestrels perch on the fence lines before dispersing. We wanted to place the box away from all agricultural activity, but we do not have a lot of space and wanted to keep it away from trees so we didn't have to deal with S... read more
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