Kestrels

A group of researchers, led by Boise State University, picked up $1.7 million Monday to study how climate change affects birds.The grant comes from the…

The Peregrine Fund announced this week that four American Kestrel eggs have hatched in the well-watched nest in Boise. It is the sixth year the birds have…

Scientists studying the American Kestrel are asking for the public’s help to pay for new research into the bird’s decline. The hope is that people who…

The five kestrel chicks made famous by the Peregrine Fund’s Kestrel Cam will be banded Thursday as they get ready to leave the nest. Banding is when…

The Peregrine Fund’s American Kestrel Partnership launched its 2013 KestrelCams today. Already the breeding pair has laid one egg. Last year, we told you…

The five baby kestrels born in a nest box at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise have grown up and are beginning to leave their cradle. Matt…

The kestrels have hatched! In a story we told you last month, the Peregrine Fund is asking citizen scientists to put up nest boxes and monitor American…

It’s nesting time for many birds in Idaho, including the American Kestrel. In fact, you can watch a pair of kestrels sitting on their eggs right now,…