From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Oct 26 09:31:46 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9QGRKjg023520 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:27:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-d23.mx.aol.com (imo-d23.mx.aol.com [205.188.139.137]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9QGPdVC023459 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:25:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id r.e8.4b686b7 (3850); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:25:28 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:25:28 EDT To: [[email protected]], [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Cc: Subject: [SBB] American Kestral & photos - southern SM County 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]] A male American Kestral has been here every afternoon for the last four days, using our "raptor pole" as a base, which is in very close proximity to grassland, chaparral and forest (oak, madrone & Douglas fir). Yesterday afternoon, he chased off a Northern Harrier and later a Scrub Jay in the course of eating on the pole. For about an hour of that time, a pair of Redtail Hawks "worked" the grassland slope further away. The American Kestral hovered over the grassland near the pole for prey and returned at least 4 times that I watched. I couldn't identify the prey but what little I could see of it (the feet) looked like Jersalum cricket. They hide during the day, but on hillsides & under wood so it's quite possible that a bird as small as a kestral could easily find one during the day. (Comments about this?). There are a couple of photos at _http://members.aol.com/GeorgiaStigall_ (http://members.aol.com/GeorgiaStigall) Don't be thrown by the word "members" in the URL - you don't need to be a member of AOL to view it (that's just their archaic naming scheme but it's a quick way to put up photos). Clicking on the link above or using copy/paste will work for you. Note that if you add "www" if will NOT work. I also notice that what I call "Bobcat Weather" (sunny skies immediately following rain) also tends to be Western Bluebird weather. The bobcats are seeking gophers of course, who do well with the moist soil. At the time I took the bobcat photo that is also on the above website, there were 4 Western Bluebirds "bugging" on the same hillside. Somewhere in my records I have a (blurry) photo of a bobcat gophering about 20 feet from a Western Bluebird "bugging". Regards, Georgia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgia Stigall 2400 feet elevation Southern San Mateo County phone: 650-941-1068 _______________________________________________ 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]]