A female American Kestrel nestling with its recently attached VHF back-pack style transmitter in the Virginia Piedmont study area. Feathers cover all but the antenna. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

A stunning female kestrel has been captured in perfect detail by photographer Phil Laybourne, holding steady against the Easter breeze. This sharp and close-up image shows the bird of prey perched ...

Science and Innovation A female American kestrel, the smallest falcon in North America, catches a bug in her beak. Among other traits, female kestrels can be identified by black bars on the tail ...

“The female kestrel launched from a short tree and landed relatively near me to harvest a cricket from the grass,” he emailed. “The kestrel missed and chased the cricket long enough for me ...