One of the fastest birds in the world is the american kestrel. Also known as the sparrow hawk, these guys....... aren't hawks (but they do eat sparrows). they're falcons, birds related to hawks that hunt by dropping from great heights on their prey and kill them with their "tooth" that punctures the nerves and kills it instantly. But my subject is a type of kestrel, or dwarf falcon.
Male american kestrels are rusty orange with slate blue and black wings. Females are a brownish color and larger than males. they live in almost all of North America, mainly in the west. I was birdwatching in Utah when I saw one with a dead mouse. I also saw it eat the mouse (yuck). Kestrels eat mice and insects. They love grasshoppers!
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