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American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Photo by ConorSheaWing
Published on Project Noah
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Sorry for the picture quality.

Species ID Suggestions

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius
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Comments (3)
ConorSheaWing
I was driving in the car and look ahead and saw two of them sitting on the wires and as I got closer they flew off. I saw red on the tail and they're the size of doves.
Liam
How large would you say it was? How did it behave?

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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Wildlife of the DELMARPA

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PublishedMay 27, 2013

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