[SBB] Steven's Creek Dam -- American Kestrel

[Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>]

I was in the area and didn't particularly want to hurry where I was  
going, so I wandered up to Steven's Creek Dam today. didn't expect  
much, which is what I found; nothing on the water, not even a  
cormorant, and little else in the area -- a few pigeons, a couple of  
northern mockingbirds, one swallow of some type or another.

but as I was packing up to leave, I did have one bird fly in and land  
in a tree up the hill across the road from the dam parking lot.  
Taking a look, it turned out to be a male American Kestrel. It seemed  
to be a young one -- strong markings on the head, but less of the  
chest and side patterns than I've seen on other birds. It sat for  
about five minutes, then flew off away from the dam; I saw it circle  
the tree twice and then disappear.

(first time I've seen one up there, for what it's worth)



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