For a few seconds Tuesday morning, Jeff Luzenski thought he’d be eye witness to the death of a kestrel (a.k.a. sparrow hawk) which entered the peregrine falcons’ hack-cage high above North ...

When I was a kid, the tiny, wary hawks that perched on utility wires or limbs and swooped down to catch grasshoppers and field mice on nearby farms were called “sparrow hawks.” The name… ...

The days are getting shorter; up in the hills you will occasionally find a telltale red leaf; the goldenrods and asters are coming into their full glory; and soon beechnuts and acorns will start ...

(The name sparrow hawk is the avian version of Grape-Nuts, which contains neither grapes nor nuts. And don’t get me started on Buffalo wings.) A kestrel’s main diet consists of crickets and ...

The name sparrow hawk wasn't really appropriate. In fact, Corbett's reference to it as a mouse hawk was better because the kestrel eats small mammals such as voles, mice and shrews. It also eats ...

Solar Group, a subsidiary of Gibraltar Industries in Jacksonville, Miss., is contributing 100 rural mailboxes to be converted into birdhouses to provide nesting sites for kestrels, reports Peter ...