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Re: Kestrel in Durham (and Raleigh too)



Wow, talk about your coincidences! This afternoon 7/3/03, about 2:00 p.m. I
observed a Kestrel along Hillsborough Road in Raleigh, NC just east of the
I-440 Beltline overpass. The Kestrel, a female, I think, was perched on a
utility wire adjacent to the road and was being harassed by a Mockingbird.
Traffic was busy, so I could not stop to observe it any longer, but it was
definitely a an American Kestrel.

Incidentally, Liz Pullman has told me that she and her late husband Jim used
to observe Kestrels throughout the breeding season in a power-line
right-of-way in southern Durham County. This crosses Scott King Road west of
Grandale, and this is now part of the new American Tobacco Trail. I visited
this area last week, but did not observe any Kestrels. It is potentially a
good area for butterflies and other insects, as field flowers begin to bloom
through late summer and fall.

Patrick Coin
Durham, NC
patrick@coinconsult.net

Newsletter/Web Editor
New Hope Audubon Society
web@newhopeaudubon.org
http://www.newhopeaudubon.org/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: Kestrel in Durham


> Today I saw an American Kestrel perched on a power line as I was whizzing
> past Circuit City in Durham on the 15-501 bypass.  They're pretty rare in
the
> nesting season around here, with only a handful of reports.
>
> -- 
> Charles W. "Will" Cook                  w 919-660-7423
> http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook            cwcook@duke.edu
> Box 90340, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708
>