The birds are already under threat. Urban development has shrunk their habitat, and invasive European starlings are usurping ...

American kestrels are found throughout the Americas, from Canada to Argentina’s southern tip. Come fall, kestrels from Canada ...

Four American kestrel falcon chicks have been born this spring in a nesting box set up in a Kane County forest preserve on the outskirts of Elgin. The offspring are the result of the Kane County ...

During last year's nesting season, Wheeler monitored 152 nesting boxes statewide, in all 10 counties. He recorded nesting attempts at 94 sites, 79 of which were successful, producing 327 fledglings.

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 ...

His first task was to construct 88 kestrel nesting boxes. These nesting boxes were part of the DNR’s proposed solution to curb the birds’ population decline.

In 2021, Madison Audubon has 210 nest boxes being monitored by 65 volunteers across 12 central and southern Wisconsin counties, one of the most intensive kestrel projects in the nation.

He found the nesting box destroyed and discovered several shotgun shells near the box. He also found the Kestrel and her babies — all dead. "It's really disappointing," Smith said.

The two kestrel nest boxes at Green Hills Preserve were built by Jim Moffet, a volunteer with the Natural Lands’ trust. He and former preserve manager Daniel Barringer installed the boxes on 12 ...

They're also looking for volunteers to help monitor nest boxes throughout the summer. Anyone who'd like to get involved or help sponsor a nest box should call the Audubon Center at (218) 745-5663.

His is one of 33 kestrel nest box projects in the Northeast, he said. Wheeler is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he started out in the dairy program before switching to forestry.