My bird book describes the American kestrel as a "dainty falcon." I love it. They are quite dainty.
From Wikipedia: The American kestrel (Falco sparverius), also called the sparrow hawk, is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a mourning dove.
