Gail Karlsson, environmental lawyer, writer and photographer and author of The Wild Life in an Island HouseĀ recounts her observations during the American Kestrel’s courting and mating season in USVI. American Kestrels are small falcons that are common western hemisphere birds that nest in varied habitats from Alaska down through South America. They also are year-round residents in the Virgin Islands. Read more here on the St. Croix Source.