American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
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(tongue)The American Kestrel is the most common falcon in North America and it is also the smallest falcon. Besides being widespread in North America in is found throughout much of South America. The sexes are dimorphic. One of the differences is the male wing feathers are a blue grey while the females are rufous. Kestrels eat grasshoppers, dragonflies, lizards, mice, and voles. They also sometimes eat small birds.
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11/13/2008 - Llano Seco Unit, SWLR, CA
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Female
11/18/2007 - Pigeon Point Light Station, CA
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Female
11/30/2007 - Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Oakland, CA
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Female
03/02/2008 - Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary, Marin, CA
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Male
11/07/2008 - Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Trail, Richmond, CA
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Male
11/13/2008 - Llano Seco Unit, SWLR, CA
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Male
11/13/2008 - Llano Seco Unit, SWLR, CA
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Male
11/24/2008 - Sunol Regional Park, CA
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Female
02/21/2012 - Old Hwy. 80, west of Buckeye, AZ
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Male
03/26/2013 - Sacramento, CA
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Male about to take off
03/26/2013 - Sacramento, CA
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Male
03/26/2013 - Sacramento, CA
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Female
03/01/2010 - Coyote Hills, Fremont, CA
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Male
03/10/2011 - Living Desert, Palm Desert, CA
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Female
01/26/2009 - Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary, Marin, CA
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