Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
| Online Publication Date: 10 Jan 2023
Documenting Occurrence and Rates of Spraddle-Leg in American Kestrel Nestlings within a Nest Box Monitoring Network
Documenting Occurrence and Rates of Spraddle-Leg in American Kestrel Nestlings within a Nest Box Monitoring Network
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Page Range: 325 – 327
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-22-19
Keywords: American Kestrel;
Falco sparverius
; breeding; nest box; reproduction; spraddle-leg
Copyright: © 2023 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2023
Figure 1.
American Kestrel nestlings from Utah and Idaho, USA, with spraddle-leg: (A) two nestlings that were unable to stand, photographed during the banding process; (B) two examples of nest boxes with bare floors and spraddle-legged nestlings. Photo on the left by Anjolene Hunt.
Contributor Notes
1 Email address: jwatson@hawkwatch.org
Associate Editor: Christopher W. Briggs
Received: 01 Feb 2022
Accepted: 09 Sept 2022