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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-4--997799922 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Dorothy: Like Jim, I have to think that it is very unlikely that a Kestrel is taking Juncos repeatedly. However, the literature that I've been looking at tells me that when grasshoppers, beetles etc. etc. are absent, as they are now in winter (ignore the April date) they do take small birds and perhaps the Kestrel you're watching is desperately hungry. We must all be ready for surprises when it comes to birds. Mike On 19-Apr-07, at 7:06 PM, Jim Wolford wrote: > Dorothy, What is the chance that your "American Kestrel" is in fact > a MERLIN, or, if not a falcon at all, a sharp-shinned hawk? > Merlins and sharpies are the two small hawks that hunt for small > birds (up to size of m. dove or blue jay) at our feeders, whereas > kestrels only rarely hunt birds, favouring small mammals or largish > insects in open areas. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > P.S. My several juncos have been missing for several days now; > perhaps I will soon get more moving in?? > ---------- > From: Dorothy <dort@ns.sympatico.ca> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:09:28 -0300 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Kestrel and other birds > > > > Hi All: > > Things are picking up in our yard lately. For the past few weeks we > have been inundated with Juncos, don't think I have ever seen that > many at one time (close to 30 birds). > > For the past few days we have had at least two visits from an > American Kestrel. Each time he has visited the yard he has taken a > Junco, and almost run into the kitchen window as he flies away with > his prey. Yesterday we saw both an im., and a male Harrier, they > hunt over the low land across from our house each year. An Osprey > was hunting over the brook and pond on the opposite side of our > property. > > > > Other birds lately are: > > Hairy and Downey Wood Peckers (M & F) > > Robins > > Several Purple Finches (M & F) > > Jays > > Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker > > Chickadees > > Several G B Herons on the marsh > > Grackles > > Cowbirds > > Song and Tree sparrows > > Starlings > > Doves > > > > Happy Birding > > > > Dorothy Cameron > > Popes Road > > Woods Harbour > > > > > > > --Apple-Mail-4--997799922 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Dorothy:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Like Jim, I have to think = that it is very unlikely that a Kestrel is taking Juncos = repeatedly.</DIV><DIV>However, the literature that I've been looking at = tells me that when grasshoppers,</DIV><DIV>beetles etc. etc. are absent, = as they are now in winter (ignore the April date) they do</DIV><DIV>take = small birds and perhaps the Kestrel you're watching is desperately = hungry.</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>We = must all be ready for surprises when it comes to birds.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Mike</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 19-Apr-07, = at 7:06 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> Dorothy, = What is the chance that your "American Kestrel" is in fact a MERLIN, or, = if not a falcon at all, a sharp-shinned hawk? =A0Merlins and sharpies = are the two small hawks that hunt for small birds (up to size of m. dove = or blue jay) at our feeders, whereas kestrels only rarely hunt birds, = favouring small mammals or largish insects in open areas.<BR> <BR> = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<BR> <BR> P.S. My several juncos have been = missing for several days now; perhaps I will soon get more moving = in??<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Dorothy <<A = href=3D"mailto:dort@ns.sympatico.ca">dort@ns.sympatico.ca</A>><BR> = <B>Reply-To: </B><A = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR> = <B>Date: </B>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:09:28 -0300<BR> <B>To: = </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>[NatureNS] Kestrel and = other birds<BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New"> <BR> = </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Hi = All:</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New">Things are picking up in our yard lately. For the past few weeks we = have been inundated with Juncos, don't think I have ever seen that many = at one time (close to 30 birds). =A0<BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT = size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">For the past few days we have had = at least two visits from an American Kestrel. Each time he has visited = the yard he has taken a Junco, and almost run into the kitchen window as = he flies away with his prey. Yesterday we saw both an im., and a male = Harrier, they hunt over the low land across from our house each year. An = Osprey was hunting over the brook and pond on the opposite side of our = property. <BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New"> <BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New">Other birds lately are:</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT = size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Hairy and Downey Wood Peckers (M = & F)</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New">Robins</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier= New">Several Purple Finches (M & F) <BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT = size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Jays</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT = size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Yellow Bellied Sap = Sucker</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New">Chickadees</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT = face=3D"Courier New">Several G B Herons on the marsh</FONT></FONT> <BR> = <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Grackles</FONT></FONT> = <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New">Cowbirds</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT = face=3D"Courier New">Song and Tree sparrows</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> = <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Starlings</FONT></FONT> <BR> = <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Doves</FONT></FONT> = <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New"> <BR> = </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Happy = Birding</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New"> <BR> </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier = New">Dorothy Cameron</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT = face=3D"Courier New">Popes Road</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <FONT = size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Woods Harbour</FONT></FONT> <BR> = <BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New"> <BR> = </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Courier New"> <BR> = </FONT></FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D"2"><FONT face=3D"Arial"> <BR> = </FONT></FONT><BR> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-4--997799922--
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