Can kestrels carry coconuts?

Kestrels can indeed carry coconuts, but prefer not to. This stems from kestrels in the Carribean being shot down by locals. The locals were unable to climb the trees to get the coconuts themselves, and so waited for the kestrels to get them, when they would shoot them down and take the coconuts. On some of the Carribean islands the kestrel was also eaten. As a result of this practice, kestrels stopped going near coconuts, and it is believed to be one of the major contributing factors of the decline in kestrels.