Birdfeeders

The American Kestrel, also called the sparrow hawk, is our smallest hawk measuring only 9-12 inches in length. It is also our only cavity nesting hawk and can be found throughout the United States. It is a valuable rodent and insect predator that like other cavity nesting birds, is in decline because of a shortage of available nesting sites. Fortunately, kestrels readily use an owl house. The kestrel prefers open country such as grasslands, meadows and fields with scattered trees. They will also breed in open woods, orchards, farms, deserts and unforested mountainsides up to 13,000 feet. These are highly adaptable little hawks that love to occupy an owl birdhouse, which is essentially a bluebird house made bigger.