Quote Originally Posted by Shadera View Post
I agree with your first two.

The color and size are wrong for an American kestrel. I rehabbed one just last year and have worked around at least a dozen others coming into the rehab. They are one of the more common birds we see.

Compare this little bird with the one you claim is a kestrel.





What else could it be?

The only other falcons we have here are Prairie, Peregrine, and Merlin.

Not prairie and peregrine... those birds are way larger and have a different build.

The merlins don't have the two "beard stripes".

I'm quite an avid birder and see a lot of kestrels too.