Identifying Male and Female American Kestrels

Watch Kestrels at the Great Salt Lake

🏠✨ Exciting news from our American Kestrel nesting box research program! We now have 18 active boxes across Vermont and New Hampshire - from South Hero to Quechee to Rutland! 📍 Three boxes installed just this winter are already showing amazing success, with pairs actively incubating eggs. Most boxes have full clutches of 5 eggs, and our camera-equipped box in Strafford is giving us incredible real-time footage of the nesting process! 📹🥚 | Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)

American Kestrel Nest Box Plans

Our research team is in the field checking nest boxes ahead of the kestrel nesting season! Before American kestrels begin nesting, Hawk Mountain researchers must check each box to be sure they are sturdy, clean, and ready to support a kestrel family this spring! Consider sponsoring one of these nest boxes with a symbolic adoption! Choose a sponsorship amount, from $50 to $5000, and know that you are making a difference with your dollar. 💝 For more information about symbolic adoptions, visit: ht