A small, handsome falcon perched atop a shrub in the early morning as a cold winter wind swept across the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. Even at a distance, I knew the bird was an American kestrel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Germany, there are three species of falcons—the kestrel is the most common and even resides in large cities. Photo: Getty ...

At first, people thought it might be a housing shortage. Scientists had noticed worrisome declines in the American kestrel, a small, flashy falcon found coast to coast. The downturn was especially ...

Just across the Yadkin River in Yadkin County lies Dinkins Bottoms, with many acres of corn and soybean fields on either side of U.S. 421.

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The American kestrel is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. But in Delaware and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, the species, also called a sparrow hawk, has rapidly declined.

A quick look could cause us to mistake an American kestrel for a mourning dove perched on a wire. But a careful look reveals a bird with a beak like a hawk. It’s a diminutive falcon, at about ...