The American kestrel, as the sparrow hawk is now officially called, is a migrant. Thousands of them can be spotted passing by Hawk Mountain on their autumn sojourns but many are able to fend for ...

No matter, today a birder is more likely to refer to the species as the kestrel, not sparrow hawk. Specifically, it’s the American kestrel, a name derived from its close resemblance to the ...

A few of them have imprinted on people that kept them for too long, like the American kestrel that Red Creek recently gave to the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary to be used for educational programs.

Hawk Mountain is again hosting a 24/7 livestream “kestrel cam” located inside an American kestrel nest box installed by the Albany Township sanctuary. The American kestrel nest box program is ...