Drive down a narrow farm road anywhere in the Connecticut River valley, and you might just see a colorful American kestrel, North America's smallest falcon perched on a wire and twitching its tail. In ...
WARREN, Minn. -- With considerable help from their friends at PKM Electric Cooperative, Agassiz Audubon's "Community Nest Watch Project" last week created ready-to-move-in housing for American ...
Wildlife Biologist Jessica Carloni recently accompanied retired Fish and Game biologist Steve Wheeler to assist with banding kestrel chicks. With landowner permission, Wheeler constructs kestrel ...
CARBONDALE — An engineering duo at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is using high technology to solve a problem for an avian conservation group in central Illinois: monitoring nesting kestrels ...
In what began as a side project in 2022 for Berkshire Bird Observatory Executive Director Ben Nickley, The Kestrel Nest Box Project is on track to have added over 200 kestrels to the local population ...
Jul. 13—If you're lucky enough to spot an American kestrel swooping over a field or perched on a telephone line, you might thank Steve Wheeler. For 50 years, Wheeler has played a key role in keeping ...
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My eyes shot open, and I leapt out of bed. This was the alarm clock I’d been waiting for — my favorite time of the year. The kestrel chicks had just fledged and were screaming to their parents for ...
The most inspiring conservation efforts often start in the hands of everyday people who care deeply about local wildlife and open spaces. That’s what’s unfolding right now for one of New Jersey’s most ...