American Kestrel

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A kestrel ✨🍃

~2021

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Small, colorful, and fierce, the American #americankestrel is a hunting machine. Kestrels will harass larger birds in defense of their territory, especially during nesting season. Kestrels compete with many other animals

One of the most rewarding wildlife moments I’ve ever experienced—right in my own backyard.

This male American Kestrel is feeding his chicks a blue-tailed skink, perched on a nest box I finally built this past winter. The box itself has a story: it’s crafted from live-edge slabs of an oak tree that came down just 100 feet from where it now hangs. A labor of love—chainsaw milling and all!

I’ve had kestrels visit over the years, and I knew they were cavity nesters. Watching this pair settle in, raise their brood, and tirelessly hunt has been nothing short of fascinating. This photo was taken remotely from a ladder-mounted camera as the male paused with breakfast—just as one chick peeked out, hungry and hopeful.

It’s a rare thing to see something you built become part of a wild family’s story. And capturing a glimpse of it like this? Absolutely unforgettable. 🪶📷💙
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In 2024, after over 15 years of thinking about it, I finally installed a kestrel nesting box on my Lassen County property—and to my delight, a male kestrel moved in this spring!
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This image was taken after one of my video stakeouts. He emerged from the birdhouse and perched just long enough for a quick burst—this frame is my favorite.
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Though I spotted a female with him in April, I haven't seen her lately. She might be incubating eggs… or maybe she moved on. Either way, the process has been amazing to witness.
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Looking forward to what the coming weeks reveal.
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American Kestrel with lizard

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