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> Kestrels also eat grasshoppers and large beetles. Same thing, found remains in nests. Billy Kestrels do, too. I have found the remains in their nests. > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > On 11 September 2011 15:31, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > wrote: > >> Thanks, Dick, and I will pass along this info' to NatureNS naturalists. >> Cheers from Jim >> >> On 11-Sep-11, at 12:17 PM, Dekker wrote: >> >> Jim, >> >> During summer (August), young Merlins routinely catch dragonflies, one >> after the other, often eating them on the wing. >> Fledgling Peregrines indulge in the same sport. >> D. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> *To:* Dick Dekker <ddekker1@telus.net> >> *Sent:* September 10, 2011 3:38 PM >> *Subject:* Trail into Jack's Lake >> >> Dick, can you comment on merlins feeding on odonates? Cheers from Jim >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From: *Bob McDonald <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca> >> *Date: *September 10, 2011 6:09:33 PM ADT >> *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> *Subject: **[NatureNS] Trail into Jack's Lake* >> *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Donald MacLaughlin and I walked the water line trail (it's all uphill as >> well!) accessed just at the exit from highway 102 at Hammonds Plains Rd >> in >> HRM yesterday late afternoon. Our destination was Jack's Lake. The >> gated >> track is wide (at first I thought that it was a logging road) and made >> for >> easy walking. Unfortunately, highway noise was never far away until we >> reached an intersection where we turned west towards the Lake. Birds >> were >> few although the first bird we saw was a Merlin, apparently feeding on >> large >> dragonflies, present in large numbers along the road. They were >> unidentified darners,*Aeshna* sp. Have others seen Merlins feeding on >> odonates? >> >> Later, we saw large numbers of American Goldfinch (perhaps 50-60, maybe >> more) which appeared to be feeding on the seeds of Black Knapweed, the >> predominant floral species in the area. We saw the same group on our >> way >> out. We attempted to hike around Jack's Lake but the bridge over a >> particularly wet spot was unusable. >> >> As Blake implies in his message, goldenrods and asters were prolific. >> >> Goldenrods seen and identified - Downy (*Solidago puberula*), Canada, >> Rough-stemmed (*S. rugosa*), Grey or Old Field, Grass Leaved (*Euthamia >> graminifolia*), Silver-rod or White Goldenrod (*S. bicolor*) and Bog. >> All >> are common around HRM. >> >> The asters I'm still working on but ones I'm sure of are Calico, New >> York, >> Purple-stemmed, Tall White, Whorled Wood and Bog. >> >> I can send a GPS track to anyone who could handle the software (I use >> Map >> Source). >> >> Cheers, >> Bob McDonald >> Halifax >> >> >> >> >> >
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