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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1--946493818 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Just to comment on Kestrel hunting small birds. I'm not sure it's =20 that unusual. A few years ago, I came to the rescue a Kestrel that =20 had become trapped in the glassed-in portico of a large grocery =20 store. Apparently, it had been chasing the sparrows that =20 continuously congregate in a large outdoor roofed area where the =20 shopping carts are parked outside the grocery store entrance. =20 Unfortunately, it hit a window and became disoriented and fell into =20 the shopping carts. When I happened along, someone was just =20 approaching the cart to take a look. The bird took fright and flew =20 off, but went right into the glassed-in portico, struck the glass =20 wall and fell to the floor. I captured and carried the bird out to a =20= grassy area across the parking lot and set it down to recover for =20 awhile. About ten minutes later, it took off and flew right back =20 over to perch on a small tree right beside to the store entrance. =20 Employees in the store said the bird was regularly seen hunting for =20 sparrows in the area above the shopping carts, but that was the first =20= time anyone had seen it crash into a window. Btw, there's now a =20 plastic scare-owl guarding the same area and it doesn't seem to do =20 much to deter the sparrows. bev (osgoode, ontario) On 20-Apr-07, at 9:10 AM, Dorothy wrote: > > > > > Firstly, sorry for the second message, I didn=92t think my earlier =20 > one had gone through. > > > > As for the Kestrel, it was seen by two people and it sat on the =20 > lawn within 20 feet of the house as well as coming within about 5 =20 > feet the first time as he almost ran into the window as he left =20 > with the Junco. It may very well have been hungry as the first =20 > time he came it was after the last snow storm and then again three =20 > days later. > > > > Happy Birding > > Dorothy > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Bev Wigney Email: bev@magickcanoe.com Burning Silo blog: http://magickcanoe.com/blog Online Photo Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/crocodile Magick Canoe website: http://magickcanoe.com --Apple-Mail-1--946493818 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just to comment on Kestrel = hunting small birds.=A0 I'm not sure it's that unusual.=A0 A few years = ago, I came to the rescue a Kestrel that had become trapped in the = glassed-in portico of a large grocery store.=A0 Apparently, it had been = chasing the sparrows that continuously congregate in a large outdoor = roofed area where the shopping carts are parked outside the grocery = store entrance.=A0 Unfortunately, it hit a window and became disoriented = and fell into the shopping carts.=A0 When I happened along, someone was = just approaching the cart to take a look.=A0 The bird took fright and = flew off, but went right into the glassed-in portico, struck the glass = wall and fell to the floor.=A0 I captured and carried the bird out to a = grassy area across the parking lot and set it down to recover for = awhile.=A0 About ten minutes later, it took off and flew right back over = to perch on a small tree right beside to the store entrance.=A0 = Employees in the store said the bird was regularly seen hunting for = sparrows in the area above the shopping carts, but that was the first = time anyone had seen it crash into a window.=A0=A0Btw, there's now a = plastic scare-owl guarding the same area and it doesn't seem to do much = to deter the sparrows.=A0=A0<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>bev</DIV><DIV>(osgoode, = ontario)<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 20-Apr-07, at 9:10 AM, Dorothy = wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Trebuchet MS; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: = 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV = class=3D"Section1"><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" = face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: = 13.3333px; "><O:P style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; = font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; = ">=A0</SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT = size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: = 13.3333px; "><O:P style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; = font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; = ">=A0</SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT = size=3D"3" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); = font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: = Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Firstly, sorry for the second = message, I didn=92t think my earlier one had gone through.</SPAN><O:P = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: = 16px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT size=3D"2" = color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: = 13.3333px; "><O:P style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; = font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; = ">=A0</SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT = size=3D"2" color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial"><SPAN style=3D"font-size: = 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: = 13.3333px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">As for the