Maybe from where you are from they are different..... from Wikipedia "The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas"
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04-Dec-2012 12:06
over in ireland,we have sparrowhawks and kestrals,the pictures you have are kestrals,our sparrowhawks never hover kestrals do and the hawks are grey with a scowl face the kestral is more colerful with speck,the sparrowhawk has stripes and are are not as common only 1000 pairs,im lucky to have 1 nesting nearby,in a tiny woodland,iv seen it 3 times inthe past yr,very rare its the city centre of dublin!nice photos!!
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19-May-2006 05:43
Is it also called the American Kestrel??? nice capture... Srini RR