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American kestrel

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American kestrel

Falco sparverius

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Smallest falcon with rusty back, blue-gray wings, and distinctive facial marks. Hunts grasshoppers and small rodents in open gardens and grasslands; indicator of healthy insect populations.

Plants that support American kestrel

1 plants

Cottonwood

Populus fremontii subsp. fremontii

high

tree

Uses cavities in dead cottonwood limbs and snags for nesting in riparian habitat

Bay Area nativeKeystone species