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Could I have seen an american kestrel in Connecticut in January?
If not,what would bird similar to the kestrel would it have been?
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american kestrel (Original Post)
Denis 11
Feb 2018
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terip64
(1,576 posts)1. You sure could!! So beautiful! n/t
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. What a beautiful bird!
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tecelote
(5,122 posts)3. Could be a Peregrine Falcon
It was rather small though. It was very beautiful.
Timewas
(2,193 posts)5. One way to tell
I if you see it land somewhere they do a little tail dip 3 times when they land..
Nitram
(22,791 posts)6. Yesterday I saw a kestrel or a peregrine falcon flying overhead while I was driving home.
I live in the Virginia Piedmont. Judging by the range maps, it probably was the falcon.