Kestrel Food

American Kestrels eat small birds, small mammals, small reptiles, large insects like dragonflies and June beetles (adults and larvae), worms… and, frankly, whatever prey they can capture. Locally in Green-Wood Cemetery, they love the introduced Northern Italian Wall Lizards.

First of three kills over three consecutive days by what I think is the same female in the same small patch in Green-Wood.

Second.

Third day. This lizard was a small fry. Just a snack.

An the fourth day, she caught a small rodent.

(I’m not sure if this is a small Brown Rat or a White-footed Mouse.)