From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Mar 13 20:01:19 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2E3xjwf013556 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:59:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.67.16.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2E3wOkF013504 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:58:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (DNab42a5b7.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.183]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i2E3wLHv019978; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:58:22 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <043501c408bb$c0f82150$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> References: <043501c408bb$c0f82150$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:58:20 -0800 To: "Kris Olson" <[[email protected]]> From: Richard Stovel <[[email protected]]> Subject: RE: [SBB] Falcon and bats Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Cc: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Today, Saturday 3/13, I saw a repeat of the falcon-bat show at the location reported by Kris. A MERLIN was perched at the top of a tall redwood near the California - El Camino intersection, near the Citibank corner by 6:15. About 6:30, the merlin attacked toward the Radio Shack/ Quizno's building across California. About the same time, several bats appeared in the vicinity of the building. The merlin made several attacks around the building, then flew south along El Camino and out of sight. My impression was that it hadn't caught anything but was pursuing the bats south. During the next several minutes, a few more bats appeared at the intersection. My guess is that there is a small colony roosting in the Radio Shack building or nearby, and the merlin is trying to catch the bats when they first emerge for the evening. I saw about a dozen bats in all. This merlin could well be the same merlin that I have seen fairly regularly this winter perched on Serra Street near the recycle center on the Stanford Campus in the morning. Good show, Kris! Dick Stovel >Thank you everyone who replied with information. Apparently both >Kestrels and Merlins eat bats! The time was 6:20pm. I was on the >north side of California, just before El Camino (Palo Alto), and the >bats were across the street, south side of California Ave. I think >there were about 10 bats, maybe more. > >It was dusk, so maybe the "crepuscular" hunting of the Merlin says it >was a Merlin, though the bird seemed somewhat floppy in flight. > >In any event, a strange sight! > >Good birding and thanks again for all the information sent my way. > >Kris Olson -- Richard Stovel [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]