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10322279&js=3Dno& --_000_2015010912000760089772108841606dalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Likely from Europe or Iceland. There are many more records in Iceland than = in Alaska or the rest of the North American west coast. Eric Eric L. Mills Lower Rose Bay Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia Canada From: desolatechair Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 21:19 To: naturens Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: [NS-RBA] Eurasian Kestrel behaviour Any speculation about where in Eurasia this bird came from and his route he= re? Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Eric Mills Date:01-08-2015 8:50 PM (GMT-04:00) To: NatureNS Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: [NS-RBA] Eurasian Kestrel behaviour I agree about the motorways. I think of them as the motorway-median falcon E. ________________________________ 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. 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Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com<mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com> ################### --_000_2015010912000760089772108841606dalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> </head> <body> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rg= b(255,255,255)"> Likely from Europe or Iceland. There are many more records in Iceland than = in Alaska or the rest of the North American west coast.</div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rg= b(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rg= b(255,255,255)"> Eric</div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rg= b(255,255,255)"> <br style=3D"display:initial"> </div> <div style=3D"font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif= ; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rgb(255,255,25= 5)"> Eric L. Mills <br> Lower Rose Bay<br> Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia <br> Canada</div> <table width=3D"100%" style=3D"background-color:white; border-spacing:0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan=3D"2" style=3D"font-size:initial; text-align:initial; backgroun= d-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div id=3D"_persistentHeader" style=3D"border-style:solid none none; border= -top-color:rgb(181,196,223); border-top-width:1pt; padding:3pt 0in 0in; fon= t-family:Tahoma,'BB Alpha Sans','Slate Pro'; font-size:10pt"> <div><b>From: </b>desolatechair</div> <div><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, January 8, 2015 21:19</div> <div><b>To: </b>naturens</div> <div><b>Reply To: </b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</div> <div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NatureNS] Re: [NS-RBA] Eurasian Kestrel behaviour= </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style=3D"border-style:solid none none; border-top-color:rgb(186,188,20= 9); border-top-width:1pt; font-size:initial; text-align:initial; background= -color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div> <br> <div> <div>Any speculation about where in Eurasia this bird came from and his rou= te here?</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div> <div style=3D"font-size:9px; color:#575757">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div> </div> <br> <br> <div>-------- Original message --------</div> <div>From: Eric Mills </div> <div>Date:01-08-2015 8:50 PM (GMT-04:00) </div> <div>To: NatureNS </div> <div>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: [NS-RBA] Eurasian Kestrel behaviour </div> <div><br> </div> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt; color:#000000; ba= ckground-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>I agree about the motorways. I think of them as the motorway-median= falcon</p> <p><br> </p> <p>E.<br> </p> <div style=3D"color:rgb(33,33,33)"> <hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Calib= ri, sans-serif" style=3D"font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of Richard Stern &= lt;sternrichard@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> January-08-15 8:26 PM<br> <b>To:</b> NatureNS<br> <b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Re: [NS-RBA] Eurasian Kestrel behaviour</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div>In England they are very common. The easiest way to see them is simply= to drive along the motorways. They hover over the verges alongside the hig= hway. Apparently the vibration from heavy trucks causes small mammals to co= me to the surface in the grass beside the highway, and there they become easy prey. Also, if you can get it on N= etflix or elsewhere, there was a good movie released in the UK in the 1970s= called Kes, about a boy who rescued one and it became a pet. The movie was= more about the boy and his coming of age than the kestrel.<br> <br> </div> Richard<br> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Eric Mills E.Mil= ls@Dal.Ca [NS-RBA] <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA-noreply@yahoogroups.com" tar= get=3D"_blank">NS-RBA-noreply@yahoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1= px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <u></u> <div style=3D"background-color:#fff"><span> </span> <div> <div> <div> <p></p> <div style=3D"font-size:12pt; color:#000000; background-color:#ffffff; font= -family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>I had the opportunity to watch the Hartlen's Point Eurasian Kestrel &nbs= p;in action for a couple of hours around mid day today from a van= tage point along the road not far from the golf course gate. To be honest, = there was more inaction than action, but that is true of many larger birds, and this one was no exception. <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>The kestrel arrived and perched in the spruces just NW of the enclo= sure around the Hartlen's Point golf course club house. It was ha= rd to spot at first, but was evident without binoculars as a ligh= t spot against the spruce branches. I suspect that it had been making sallies from that area all morning. It was soon joined by a cr= ow that seemed to be more curious than aggressive, although occasionally it= made a small movement toward the kestrel, which shifted position once or t= wice in response. Mainly however, the two remained about a meter apart, bill toward bill, for about an hour.= Then the crow seemed to tire of the watch over the kestrel and flew off. W= ithin a few minutes of this, the kestrel began to preen actively and then b= egan watching the ground below, which was rough grass and scrub. Once it flew down, but returned to its pe= rch with nothing. A few more minutes of inactivity and the kestrel took off= , did a lap eastward toward the back greens and then returned westward to h= over over the green closest to the road, getting closer and closer, before catching a vole from the gully bel= ow me on its second attempt. It then high-tailed it back to a perch in= the spruces and began to tear into the vole, fur and entrails fl= ying in all directions. Just before I left, it mad= e another half-hearted pass over the nearest green, and then settl= ed back into the sunlight on the sheltered side of the = spruces. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>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= two isolated spruces seem to provide good shelter and clearly there is foo= d to 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.<br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>This is a very engaging bird.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Eric<br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Eric L. Mills</p> <p>Lower Rose Bay</p> <p>Lunenburg Co., NS<br> </p> <p><br> </p> </div> <p></p> </div> <div style=3D"color:#fff; min-height:0">__._,_.___</div> <div style=3D"clear:both"></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:10px"> <hr style=3D"min-height:2px; border-width:0; color:#e3e3e3; background-colo= r:#e3e3e3"> Posted by: Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> <hr style=3D"min-height:2px; border-width:0; color:#e3e3e3; background-colo= r:#e3e3e3"> </div> <div style=3D"clear:both"></div> <table cellspacing=3D"4px" style=3D"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px; co= lor:#2d50fd"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"font-size:12px; font-family:arial; font-weight:bold; padding:7= px 5px 5px"> <a href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NS-RBA/conversations/message= s/11401;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJxdjM3cHJxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcwNjQ5NzcEZ3Jwc3BJ= ZAMxNzA1MDY1Nzg3BG1zZ0lkAzExNDAxBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTQyMDc1MTk= 1MA--?act=3Dreply&messageNum=3D11401" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-d= ecoration:none; color:#2d50fd">Reply via web post</a> </td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size:12px; font-family:arial; padding:7px 5px 5px"><a hre= f=3D"mailto:E.Mills@Dal.Ca?subject=3DRe%3A%20Eurasian%20Kestrel%20behaviour= " target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration:none; color:#2d50fd">Reply to = sender </a></td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size:12px; font-family:arial; padding:7px 5px 5px"><a hre= f=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com?subject=3DRe%3A%20Eurasian%20Kestrel%20b= ehaviour" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration:none; color:#2d50fd">R= eply to group </a></td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size:12px; font-family:arial; padding:7px 5px 5px"><a hre= f=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NS-RBA/conversations/newtopic;_ylc= =3DX3oDMTJldGcxbmw0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcwNjQ5NzcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY1= Nzg3BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTQyMDc1MTk1MA--" target=3D"_blank" sty= le=3D"text-decoration:none; color:#2d50fd">Start a New Topic</a> </td> <td>•</td> <td style=3D"font-size:12px; font-family:arial; padding:7px 5px 5px; color:= #2d50fd"> <a href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NS-RBA/conversations/topics/= 11401;_ylc=3DX3oDMTM2dXJqZmYzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcwNjQ5NzcEZ3Jwc3BJZA= MxNzA1MDY1Nzg3BG1zZ0lkAzExNDAxBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTQyMDc1MTk1M= AR0cGNJZAMxMTQwMQ--" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration:none; color= :#2d50fd">Messages in this topic</a> (1) </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style=3D"background-color:#f2f2f2; font-family:Verdana; font-size:10px= ; margin-bottom:10px; padding:10px"> <span style=3D"font-weight:bold; color:#333; text-transform:uppercase"><a h= ref=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NS-RBA/info;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJlNGRld= nIxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcwNjQ5NzcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY1Nzg3BHNlYwN2dGwE= c2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTQyMDc1MTk1MA--" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decor= ation:none">Visit Your Group</a></span> <ul style=3D"list-style-type:none; margin:0; padding:0; display:inline"> <li style=3D"border-right:1px solid #000; font-weight:700; display:inline; = padding:0 5px; margin-left:0"> <span><a href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NS-RBA/members/all;_yl= c=3DX3oDMTJmanBodmplBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcwNjQ5NzcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY= 1Nzg3BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZtYnJzBHN0aW1lAzE0MjA3NTE5NTA-" target=3D"_blank" st= yle=3D"text-decoration:none">New Members</a></span> <span style=3D"color:#ff7900">1</span> </li><li style=3D"border-right:1px s= olid #000; font-weight:700; display:inline; padding:0 5px; margin-left:0"> <span><a href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NS-RBA/photos/photostr= eam;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJmcWZxZWIyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcwNjQ5NzcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMx= NzA1MDY1Nzg3BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZwaG90BHN0aW1lAzE0MjA3NTE5NTA-" target=3D"_bl= ank" style=3D"text-decoration:none">New Photos</a></span> <span style=3D"color:#ff7900">2</span> </li></ul> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Arial; font-size:11px; margin-top:5px; padding:0 = 2px 0 0; clear:both"> <a href=3D"https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJkanRuaXNyBF9TAzk3NDc2= NTkwBGdycElkAzcwNjQ5NzcEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY1Nzg3BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGl= tZQMxNDIwNzUxOTUw" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"float:left"><img alt=3D"Yahoo= ! 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