In my forty thousand miles of commuting between Sabula and Oxford, I finally saw a Yellow-headed Black Bird in a ditch. It was with a number of RWBBs. Later in the day, while sitting in the garden and contemplating my good fortune with the Yellow-headed Black Bird, an American Kestrel came out of the blue to test the resolve of the House Sparrows pecking for insects in the weeds...I mean lettuce. I see lots of Kestrels, but never so close and in hot pursuit. The sparrows ducked and the falcon flew on...I believe without spotting me.
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