Our daughter called to tell me about the kestrel, and mentioned it has been dubbed Kirby Kestrel. Linda Whyte
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Thomas Maiello <[email protected]> wrote: > West side of Eagle Lake is holding like a pregnant pause with a lot of > resident birds busy pairing and nest building, a few FOY such as a Swainson's > Thrush and a wave of Palm Warblers, a few Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, Cedar > Waxwings, woodpecker varieties but no Redheads, Butter-butts, and the like > but no breath-taking warbler waves or unique sparrows or even summer wrens. > Seems like the energy is building. I will keep you all apprised. > > An odd note at the Twin's game Saturday afternoon was the sky full of Chimney > Swifts throughout the game over the stadium and field and the night game > televised presence of a Kestrel on the right field out-of-bounds pole. > Apparently, based on a couple of season ticket holders, the hawk has been > present at every night game since the season opener and is very adept at > catching moths and other large flying insect, much to the crowds delight. It > wasn't there for our day game - but I could just picture it based on the > television coverage I have seen. Perhaps it will get named something besides > "Twinkie", I pray. > > Thomas Maiello > Angel Environmental Management, Inc. > Maple Grove, MN > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
