Lillie

Lillie, the American Kestrel

American Kestrels are the smallest falcon found in Oregon and are one of the few raptor species that show gender differences in their coloring. Males have blue-gray wings, while the wings of females are brown with black barring.

Lillie came to Portland Audubon in the spring of 2009 with deformities that were the result of her being taken from the wild at a very early age and fed an inappropriate diet. The resulting rickets caused her bones, including her jaw, to be malformed. Unable to survive on her own, Lillie cannot be released back to the wild and now serves as an ambassador for Portland Audubon. You can help provide for Lillie and any of our other non-releasable educations birds by "Sponsoring a Wild Thing."

Lillie is named after Lillian Post Elliot, the wife of Portland Audubon's first caretaker and our first "unofficial" wildlife  rehabilitator.

You may Sponsor a Wild Thing online, view the brochure, or print the form, complete it and send to: