Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:04:12 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bill Ellis Subject: Re: Group of kestrels at Mt. Pleasant. Howard Co. In-Reply-To: <107.272d257a.2ca8e9c2@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Robin: In the fall, I have seen hundreds of kestrels sitting together on wires along the road in southern California, like swallows. I have not seen anything like that in the east. Bill Ellis Eldersburg Carroll County Bird Club billellis at ellislist.com -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Robin Todd Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:50 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Group of kestrels at Mt. Pleasant. Howard Co. On Saturday at 8.30 AM today, 5 kestrels were flying back and forth over mowed rough fields, behaving rather like night hawks with frequent wing beats and turns. ... Have not seen kestrels in a group before. Family group? Migrants resting up? ... ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================