Launched in 2012 in response to American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) population declines across much of North America, The Peregrine Fund’s American Kestrel Partnership (AKP) comprises a network of professional and community scientists working to understand kestrel demographics and advance their conservation. Researchers lack sufficient data to understand why long-term, wide-spread population declines are occurring. While counts like the Breeding Bird Survey indicate fewer breeding kestrels, they cannot determine where the birds are having trouble in their life cycle. The AKP monitors nest boxes and contributes observations to a single database. With the information collected consistently across the range, we can start to identify trends that we hope will offer insights on the causes of their population decline. Do you see kestrels where you live? Whether your local environment has growing, stable, or declining kestrel populations, we need your observations to advance kestrel conservation.
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