We will continue to monitor the kestrel boxes in spring 2000. A 43-page guide of 11 activities in a discovery learning approach, complete with a teacher background section and annotated bibliography. Topics cover raptor adaptations as well as the impacts of land use on their population. Inc. A 76-page book divided into sections on basic background, classification, identification, activities and projects, and conservation efforts. Males have blue-gray wings and a single black bar on the end of their tail.
Females have rufous wings and multiple black bands on their tail.
Kestrels live in any type of open or semi-open area. This includes farmland, the edges of woods, recreational fields bordered by trees, and even empty city lots anywhere that will provide the necessary food and cover. Kestrels are generalists when it comes to feeding, which means they have a varied diet. Kestrels hunt from a perch or by hovering over an open field. The bird drops onto its prey by diving from above, killing it with a quick bite to the back of the neck.