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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