Kestrel
American Kestrel is a small falcon, from about nine inches to a foot long, with a wing span of up to two feet – the female being on the large size of those dimensions. Kestrels come from Africa and have a particular color patterns and behavior. The American Kestrel, though, has features and DNA more closely related to medium size falcons. They were named mistakenly. One day their name will probably be changed – possibly to killy-hawk based on their usual call, or grasshopper-hawk since they eat grasshoppers and similar insects.
American Kestrels can be found over most of North and South America – year round in most areas, although they tend to visit Canada and Alaska only in the Summer for breeding, and Cental America only in the Winter. They’re easy to overlook, but once you learn their shape and behavior, you’ll notice they often in the America and be surprised how many you’ll see. Incidentally, that’s what I am: not a bird-watcher, but a bird-noticer. I don’t go looking for birds, I just notice them when they pass by – a little like some boys who can’t help but notice a pretty girl go by.
Note
The first two stamps at the top of this album page are supposed to be American Kestrels, but the coloring is off – it’s too bright – and the drawing is not very good. I appreciate the Post Office issuing stamps with images birds on them, but I wish they had done a better job. The Red-Headed Woodpecker stamp next to them isn’t very good either. The Blue Jay stamps on the third row are a bit better, but make the bird look too bulky. I don’t care about the less than detailed pears, peaches, and roses. Fruit and flower art aren’t as important to me as birds.
Contains 8 spots: own 8 – 8 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Jul 22, 2025
Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
Seamless Coil Definitives
✓ |
2477 |
1c (may 1995) |
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✓ |
3044 |
1c (jan 1996) |
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✓ |
3032 |
Red-Headed Woodpecker |
2c (feb 1996) |
Booklet Definitives
✓ |
2492g |
32c (jun 1995) |
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✓ |
2495 |
32c (jul 1995) |
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✓ |
2483 |
Blue Jay |
20c (jun 1995) |
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✓ |
2493 |
32c (jul 1995) |
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✓ |
2487 |
32c (jul 1995) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
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