Hi all,
On Friday January 5, after driving my daughter to NYC and dropping her off  
at JFK (for a college trip to Tanzania!), my wife and I were heading into  
Manhattan via the Air Train. This is a shuttle to and from the airport from the  
main subway heads. We were just pulling into Jamaica Station about mid-morning, 
 when I looked out the window and saw an American Kestrel flying up to land 
on a  power line pole in mid-track. This was a very urban area of railway 
crossings,  parallel tracks, gravel sideyards, utility wires and poles, and right 
next to  the station itself; really nothing green in sight. I was (and still 
am) awed by  the resilience of this species.
 
So you don't really have to head out of the suburbs to find this species  
(unless by heading out of the suburbs involves heading INTO the  "urbs"!)..

Cheers, 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD
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