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American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The first photo shows 3 babies at a day old, and they are completely white. The second and third photos show 2 babies (not sure what happened to the 3rd) at around 2.5 weeks old, where they actually look like kestrels now.

Habitat:

On the side of an abandoned train car in a mixed-grass prairie.

Reference Links:

American Kestrel, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Liana
Love the series because it tells the story! Fantastic shots of a whole bunch of cute :D Thank you for sharing :)

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PublishedOctober 7, 2015

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