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The Mystery of the Vanishing Kestrels: What’s happening to this flashy falcon?
Published: 28 June 2023
The number of American kestrels has dropped sharply. That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot.
Hypotheses about the decline abound. In a newly published special issue on kestrels in The Journal of Raptor Research, Dr. Smallwood and David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University in Montreal, list seven possible factors for kestrel declines that they argue merit more research, in no particular order.
 in the New York Times.