High fledgling survival in American Kestrels suggests adult mortality and migration risks may better explain their population decline. North America’s smallest falcon, the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), has been declining across the continent since the 1970s, but the reasons behind this trend remain unclear. A recent study offers new insight by revealing that fledglings in [...]from SciTechDaily https://ift.tt/qWTRgkA
