American Kestrel
Identification: Male- our smallest falcon, note the reddish
back and top of crown, blue-gray wings, patterned face, light buffy
breast with spotting.
Female- note the patterned face, the rufous back and wings with barring and the rufous brown streaking from the throat down the breast.
Male- Henrico County, Virginia
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Male
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Male- Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina
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Female- Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina |