9.3K views · 554 reactions | Beautiful female Kestrel busy hunting. . . . #kestrel #americankestrel #birdsofprey | Ta2020photography | Facebook

367K views · 1.4K reactions | Turn back the clock with the 2018 American Kestrel cam and watch a breeding pair of kestrels raise four chicks in their nest box on a private property near Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. Thanks to our cam partners at the Raptor Resource Project for working with us to provide this window inside the lives of North America's littlest falcon! | Bird Cams | Facebook

10K views · 132 reactions | A beautiful male American Kestrel hunting. . . . #kestrel #americankestrel #birdsofprey #instagood | Ta2020photography | Facebook

#FunFactFriday Did you know American Kestrels eat insects, as well as small rodents and birds? In this video, Sophie, an American Kestrel and Raptor-in-Residence here at the Alaska Raptor Center, is hunting for mealworms as part of her enrichment! The American Kestrel, North America’s smallest falcon, is one of the most colorful birds of prey. The male’s head and wings are slate-blue,with a rusty-red back and tail; the female has the same rusty-red on the wings, back, and tail. Hunting for insec