| Common Name: | Kestrel, American | | Scientific Name: | Falco sparverius | | Family: | Falconidae | | Area: | El Chorro Regional Park - San Luis Obispo, California | | Date: | February 14, 2012 | 
Notice the bright coloring in the male above, compared to the female below. The third photo is a juvenile male. In the past the American Kestrel was commonly called a Sparrow Hawk, in fact it is not a hawk, but grouped as a falcon. | 
El Chorro Regional Park - San Luis Obispo, California | 
Fairview Wetlands - Salem, Oregon - - - June 29, 2014 | | Reference: | Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of America by Kaufman / National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer |
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