North America's smallest falcon, the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), has declined across the continent since the 1970s, ...

A female American Kestrel nestling with its recently attached VHF back-pack style transmitter in the Virginia Piedmont study area. Feathers cover all but the antenna.

Five baby American kestrel falcons and four baby bluebirds got their bands. One of the banders said the process is vital to studying the falcon population and their migration habits. "They're ...