Falcons

Falcons and Kites of North America

North American birds include species found in the United States (excluding Hawaii) and Canada that are breeding species, regular visitors, and casual and accidental species from other regions that are believed to have strayed here without direct human aid, and well-established introduced species that are now part of our avifauna. In addition, as an identification aid, I have included photos of these species even if the photos were taken outside of the North American area.

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Swallow-tailed Kite


Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019

Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019

Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2012
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2012

Rockbridge County
VA; August 2012
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2012
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2012
Rockbridge County
VA; August 2012

Snail Kite


Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013

Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013

Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013

Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2014

Harns Marsh, FL
January 2014
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2014
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2014
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2014

Mississippi Kite


Burke, VA
August 2014
Burke, VA
August 2014
Burke, VA
August 2014
Burke, VA
August 2014

Burke, VA
August 2014
Burke, VA
August 2014
Burke, VA
August 2014
Burke, VA
August 2014

St. Louis County, MO
August 2018
St. Louis County, MO
August 2018
St. Louis County, MO
August 2018
St. Louis County, MO
August 2018

Aplomado Falcon


Lower Rio Grande
Valley, TX; May 2015
Lower Rio Grande
Valley, TX; May 2015
Lower Rio Grande
Valley, TX; May 2015

Lower Rio Grande
Valley, TX; May 2015
Lower Rio Grande
Valley, TX; May 2015
Lower Rio Grande
Valley, TX; May 2015

American Kestrel


Whitewater Draw, AZ
January 2017
Box Canyon, AZ
January 2017
Kansas Settlement, AZ
January 2017
Kansas Settlement, AZ
January 2017

Rockbridge County
VA; April 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; April 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; April 2019
Rockbridge County
VA; April 2019

Swoope, VA
January 2018
Swoope, VA
January 2018
Swoope, VA
January 2018
Swoope, VA
January 2018

Augusta County, VA
January 2018
Augusta County, VA
February 2018
Augusta County, VA
February 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2007

Swoope, VA
January 2015
Rockfish Valley, VA
January 2015
Bridgewater, VA
January 2015
Swoope, VA
November 2012

Harrisonburg, VA
February 2015
Harrisonburg, VA
February 2015
Harrisonburg, VA
February 2015
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2007

Augusta County, VA
February 2015
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2009
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2009
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2009

Augusta County, VA
February 2015
Rockfish Valley, VA
February 2008
Blue Grass, VA
March 2016
Augusta County, VA
December 2018

Swoope, VA
June 2012
Eagle Lakes, FL
January 2014
Swoope, VA
November 2012
Bridgewater, VA
January 2015

Rockfish Valley, VA
January 2008
Naples, FL
January 2012
Augusta County, VA
March 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2012

Stuarts Draft, VA
December 2014
Stuarts Draft, VA
December 2014
Louisa County, VA
December 2016
Louisa County, VA
December 2016

Louisa County, VA
December 2016
Rockfish Gap, VA
October 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2012
Swoope, VA
July 2015

Swoope, VA
November 2017
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2011

Blue Grass, VA
January 2018
Shenval Reg. AP, VA
November 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA
April 2012
Augusta County, VA
December 2016

Swoope, VA
December 2013
Rockbridge County
VA; December 2013
Rockbridge County
VA; January 2015
Rockbridge County
VA; January 2015

Rockbridge County
VA; March 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA
March 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2018

Swoope, VA
November 2018
Augusta County, VA
March 2018
Augusta County, VA
March 2018
Augusta County, VA
March 2018

Augusta County, VA
January 2020
Augusta County, VA
January 2020
Rockbridge County
VA; February 2020
Rockbridge County
VA; February 2020

Swoope, VA
March 2020
Swoope, VA
March 2020
Swoope, VA
March 2020
Swoope, VA
March 2020

Stuarts Draft, VA
December 2020
Stuarts Draft, VA
December 2020
Stuarts Draft, VA
December 2020
Stuarts Draft, VA
December 2020

American Kestrel (Florida subspecies paulus)


Naples, FL
January 2012
Naples, FL
January 2012
Naples, FL
January 2012
Harns Marsh, FL
January 2013

Naples, FL
January 2012
Naples, FL
January 2012
Naples, FL
January 2012
Naples, FL
January 2012

Eurasian Kestrel


North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017

North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017

North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017
North Atlantic Ocean
May 2017

Merlin


Rockingham County
VA; January 2020
Rockingham County
VA; January 2020
Rockingham County
VA; January 2020
Rockingham County
VA; January 2020

Augusta County, VA
October 2017
Augusta County, VA
January 2018
Augusta County, VA
January 2018
Augusta County, VA
January 2018

Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2012

Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011

Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA
September 2011

Crozet, VA
December 2016
Crozet, VA
January 2020
Crozet, VA
January 2020
Crozet, VA
January 2020

Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA
October 2013

Augusta County, VA
December 2015
Augusta County, VA
December 2015
Augusta County, VA
December 2015
Augusta County, VA
December 2015

Savannah NWR, SC
February 2016
Savannah NWR, SC
February 2016
Savannah NWR, SC
February 2016
Savannah NWR, SC
February 2016

Crozet, VA
December 2016
Crozet, VA
December 2016
Crozet, VA
December 2016
Crozet, VA
December 2016

Crozet, VA
March 2018
Crozet, VA
March 2018
Crozet, VA
March 2019
Crozet, VA
March 2019

Crozet, VA
October 2019
Crozet, VA
October 2019
Crozet, VA
October 2019
Crozet, VA
October 2019

Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA
December 2012
Swoope, VA
November 2019
Swoope, VA
November 2019

Denali area, AK
July 2019
King Salmon, AK
July 2019
King Salmon, AK
July 2019
King Salmon, AK
July 2019

King Salmon, AK
July 2019
King Salmon, AK
July 2019
King Salmon, AK
July 2019
King Salmon, AK
July 2019

Crozet, VA
March 2020
Crozet, VA
March 2020
Crozet, VA
March 2020
Crozet, VA
March 2020

Crozet, VA
November 2020
Crozet, VA
November 2020
Crozet, VA
November 2020
Crozet, VA
November 2020

Crozet, VA
September 2022
Crozet, VA
September 2022
Waynesboro, VA
October 2022
Waynesboro, VA
October 2022

Peregrine Falcon


Crozet, VA
October 2017
Crozet, VA
October 2017
Crozet, VA
October 2017
Crozet, VA
October 2017

Crozet, VA
October 2017
Crozet, VA
October 2017
Crozet, VA
October 2017
Crozet, VA
October 2017

Crozet, VA
October 2017
Crozet, VA
October 2017

Eagle Lakes, FL
January 2014
Eagle Lakes, FL
January 2014
Eagle Lakes, FL
January 2014
Eagle Lakes, FL
January 2014

Eagle Lakes, FL
January 2014
Eagle Lakes, FL
January 2014
Swoope, VA
March 2015
Swoope, VA
March 2015

Swoope, VA
March 2015
Swoope, VA
March 2015
New Castle, NH
August 2011
New Castle, NH
August 2011

New Castle, NH
August 2011
New Castle, NH
August 2011
New Castle, NH
August 2011
Rockfish Gap, VA
September 2008

Rockfish Gap, VA
September 2008
Rockfish Gap, VA
September 2008
Rockfish Gap, VA
September 2008
Rockfish Gap, VA
October 2017

Rockfish Gap, VA
August 2011
Rockfish Gap, VA
August 2011
Barbados
February 2009
Barbados
February 2009

New Brunswick
Canada; June 2018
New Brunswick
Canada; June 2018
New Brunswick
Canada; June 2018
New Brunswick
Canada; June 2018

Prairie Falcon


Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014

Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014

Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Maricopa County, AZ
April 2014
Santa Cruz Flats, AZ
January 2017

Gyrfalcon


Denali NP, AK
July 2019
Denali NP, AK
July 2019

Crested Caracara


El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015
El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015
El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015
El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015

El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015
Laguna Atascosa NWR
TX; May 2015
Felda, FL
January 2014
Felda, FL
January 2014

Immokalee, FL
January 2013
Immokalee, FL
January 2013
Immokalee, FL
January 2013
Immokalee, FL
January 2013

Immokalee, FL
January 2013
Immokalee, FL
January 2013
Immokalee, FL
January 2013
Immokalee, FL
January 2013

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