EditorialJohn Smallwood, a biology professor at Montclair State University, holds a tagged kestrel in Harmony Township, N.J., May 19, 2023. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Smallwood, a biology professor at Montclair State University, holds a tagged kestrel in Harmony Township, N.J., May 19, 2023. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialTinnunculus sparverius, Print, The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a ...