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I agree about the motorways. I think of them as the motorway-median falcon
E.
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha=
lf of Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>
Sent: January-08-15 8:26 PM
To: NatureNS
Subject: [NatureNS] Re: [NS-RBA] Eurasian Kestrel behaviour
In England they are very common. The easiest way to see them is simply to d=
rive along the motorways. They hover over the verges alongside the highway.=
Apparently the vibration from heavy trucks causes small mammals to come to=
the surface in the grass beside the highway, and there they become easy pr=
ey. Also, if you can get it on Netflix or elsewhere, there was a good movie=
released in the UK in the 1970s called Kes, about a boy who rescued one an=
d it became a pet. The movie was more about the boy and his coming of age t=
han the kestrel.
Richard
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Eric Mills E.Mills@Dal.Ca [NS-RBA] <NS-RBA-=
noreply@yahoogroups.com<mailto:NS-RBA-noreply@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
I had the opportunity to watch the Hartlen's Point Eurasian Kestrel in act=
ion for a couple of hours around mid day today from a vantage point along t=
he road not far from the golf course gate. To be honest, there was more ina=
ction than action, but that is true of many larger birds, and this one was =
no exception.
The kestrel arrived and perched in the spruces just NW of the enclosure aro=
und the Hartlen's Point golf course club house. It was hard to spot at firs=
t, but was evident without binoculars as a light spot against the spruce br=
anches. I suspect that it had been making sallies from that area all mornin=
g. It was soon joined by a crow that seemed to be more curious than aggress=
ive, although occasionally it made a small movement toward the kestrel, whi=
ch shifted position once or twice in response. Mainly however, the two rema=
ined about a meter apart, bill toward bill, for about an hour. Then the cro=
w seemed to tire of the watch over the kestrel and flew off. Within a few m=
inutes of this, the kestrel began to preen actively and then began watching=
the ground below, which was rough grass and scrub. Once it flew down, but =
returned to its perch with nothing. A few more minutes of inactivity and th=
e kestrel took off, did a lap eastward toward the back greens and then retu=
rned westward to hover over the green closest to the road, getting closer a=
nd closer, before catching a vole from the gully below me on its second att=
empt. It then high-tailed it back to a perch in the spruces and began to te=
ar into the vole, fur and entrails flying in all directions. Just before I =
left, it made another half-hearted pass over the nearest green, and then se=
ttled back into the sunlight on the sheltered side of the spruces.
I was a bit surprised that the kestrel was hunting on the windward side of =
the golf course (-15C while I was there, with a strong NW wind), but the tw=
o isolated spruces seem to provide good shelter and clearly there is food t=
o be had in the bit of rough terrain that still exists on the southwestern =
part of the course. And the wind was perfect for a hovering raptor.
This is a very engaging bird.
Eric
Eric L. Mills
Lower Rose Bay
Lunenburg Co., NS
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<p>I agree about the motorways. I think of them as the motorway-median=
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<p>E.<br>
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