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About the size of a Blue Jay, the American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America. Common nicknames for this scrappy little raptor include "sparrow hawk" (after the distantly related Eurasian Sparrowhawk), "grasshopper hawk," for one of its favorite prey items, and "killy hawk," due to its shrill call.https://abcbirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BOTW-Facebook_American-Kestrel.jpg1200630