I often see them near or at Maryland General Hospital in late winter and early spring.  The killy call is unmistakeable.
 

> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:08:40 -0400
> From: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Kestrels in the City
> To: 
> 
> O.K. I'm finally forced to observe that more than a few years back, as I was waiting at the intersection of Charles Street and Northern Parkway for the light to change, I saw a Kestrel nail a House Finch at the SE corner, on the lawn of a church. It immediately mantled its prey before pro-
> ceding to, er, dismantle it. One could look up an earlier edition of the BBC Chip Notes for this account by Gail
> Frantz. Very versatile birds, indeed.
> Paul E. Noell
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> Frank Marenghi <> wrote:
> 
> > 
> >This was last winter, but I saw a pair of Kestrels on Washington Blvd in Baltimore (on the light poles of an industrial park) on the way to a work meeting at the Dept. of the Environment.
> > 
> >Cheers,
> > 
> >Frank Marenghi
> >Annapolis, MD
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >Subject: Kestrels in the City
> >From: Dan Haas <nervousbirds AT GMAIL.COM>
> >Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:51:41 -0400
> >I stepped outside this morning from a furniture installation at Hamden 
> >Elementary School, only to enjoy a male AMERICAN KESTREL fly by and perch atop 
> >tall tree hon. 
> >
> >
> >I see more Kestrels in Baltimore in the summer than all of my (work) territory 
> >on the Eastern shore. Nice to see urban Kestrels apparently succeeding. 
> >
> >
> >Good Birding,
> >
> >Dan
> >St Margaret's, MD
> >Nervousbirdsatgmail.com
> >
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