The American kestrel

The kestrel is the smallest falcon It is sometimes called the sparrow hawk or windhover

Appearances The male has a reddish back, with blue-gray wings and a black band at end of tail The female has reddish wings and back Look for: two thin, black sideburns on a white face It is 13 inches (33 cm long) The color of the female is brownish and the male is slate blue and Its body is shaped is bullet-like.  

Personality They are diurnal birds The difference between the male and female are, the wings of the male are grayish-blue The female has brownish wings It doesn't like when things are behind it. Its niche would be making the water clearer

Habitats The kestrel lives in holes in buildings ,cliffs , trees,parks, suburbs, open fields, forest edges, and deserts. They also use nests abandoned by other birds An American kestrel can protect itself by its speed and eyesight. The speed of the bird is 290 km/h. It drops down from the sky onto fields for its prey.   change "it nests" to "it lives" take it doesn't like when things are behind it out

Biomes The kestrel lives in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and north and south America they live in warmer places The American kestrel's habitat is found in a variety of places like parks, suburbs, open fields, forest edges, alpine zones, and deserts. But its main living places would be in central Mexico, the Baja, Caribbean, western Alaska, and also South America

Adaptation Its adaptations would be making nests. This bird doesn't migrate because it is used to its environment in warm climates.

Food The kestrel will hover in the air over a field looking for its prey when it sees it, it will dives down and grab it The kestrel eats mice and other rodents It also eats large insects like grasshoppers, beatles change grabs to grab

References Lambert, Mark. International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Long Island Revised http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/ Microsoft encarta 98 encyclopedia By Jordan