Unfortunately, the most common falcon, American kestrel, is on a downward slide, although it is still easily the most frequent of Ohio’s falcons. American kestrels are about the size of a blue jay and ...

Unfortunately, the most common falcon, American kestrel ... as kestrels. The kestrel account concluded thusly: "However, if broader habitat needs for both foraging and nesting are not adequately ...

I authored the American kestrel account and noted that data suggested that there were now twice as many red-tailed hawks as kestrels. The kestrel account concluded thusly: "However, if broader habitat ...

All but one of these species were passerines and, using comparative analyses, the researchers found that this behavior was disproportionately observed in cavity-nesting species. Second, they examined ...

Each species constructs a nest that is unique to its species. For example, black-capped chickadees will always construct a nest made of green moss inside a small cavity. They may excavate a cavity ...

This behavior, found exclusively among perching birds (passerines), seems to deter predators like small mammals, giving cavity nesters a better chance of protecting their eggs. The research, published ...

A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity ... birds’ nests and observing over 140 nests with and without snakeskin, researchers reported last month in The American ...

More than 60 nest boxes were erected as a simulation of cavity nests, and 80 American robin nests acted as a model of open-cup nests. Some of the nests had snake skins within them, while others ...

Kestrel Coffee Roasters is opening a fourth location at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport this summer, overlooking the Terminal Integration Project escalators, according to a news ...