Kestrel
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Kestrel

Soaring Hawk

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Saw a female Kestrel hanging around at the intersection of Rutherford and Jane Street, at around 12:30pm.   I was walking to catch the bus and I saw her swoop down about 15 feet away from me into the wild grasses and pounce on something but she didn't catch it.   She then flew up to a telephone wire.    I got to the bus shelter and she sat on that wire for about 4 minutes and then went and fluttered down to a different patch of grass and ended up catching either a mouse or mole or some tiny mammal.....

And then the bus came... so I had to go lol.
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Soaring Hawk »


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On Saturday Feb 19 around noon I saw a Kestrel on top of a tall wooden pole eating something. It was near the footbridge that crosses the lower Don River at the end of Beechwood Dr. It is the first time I have seen one of those birds.
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Saw another Kestrel today around 10AM on top of a pole north of the Bloor viaduct beside the railway tracks.
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There's a pair I am seeing a few times a week along Scarlett Road just south of Eglinton.
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Hey!

Yesterday while leaving work I spotted one of the resident Kestrels checking out last years nest hole in the side of one of our hangers.

Looks like they are already either nested or preparing the nest.

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I saw a Kestrel at 3:30pm today on a power line above the entrance to the Brickworks.I got a photo of the bird after it flew over to a pole by the train tracks:

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