kestrel

E.Z. Orchards: Hawk Haus Cider

It’s hard to believe that here in the northeastern United States, we’re only two or three weeks away from the…

Birds and Booze kestrel

This Kestrel may have been carrying bugs, but an X-ray showed they were not of the surveillance type. (Image from…

Israel kestrel Turkey

Baby birds are on the brain this week. I recently helped out with an American Kestrel nest box program and…

It’s a beautiful day, you’re out birding, and you come across a bird who, instead of perching 20 feet over…

bird rescue kestrel raptors

Kestrels may be the coolest raptors nobody knows of. In North America, everyone recognizes hawks on the wing, even the…

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Gerald Manley Hopkins, Englishman, Catholic convert, priest, and poet, was born in 1844 and died of typhoid fever in 1889. …

kestrel poetry

So, how was your Great Backyard Bird Count? If you live in North America and pay any attention at all…

Many a lifelong birder picked up his or her first field guide because of raptors. Bird of prey like eagles,…

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