Audubon helps researchers investigate vanishing bird – Southeastern Kestrel population dropped by up to 90%

Researchers mount a cell phone onto a kestrel. The unit has a solar panel to recharge the battery and an antenna. Photo provided by Bill Chitty, Santa Fe Audubon.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—A member of Santa Fe Audubon told the Keystone Heights Rotary Club about a project Audubon hopes will help researchers restore the populations of a vanishing falcon species. Bill Chitty told the civic group that over the last 40 years, the kestrel populations in North America have decreased…

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