On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> I saw a female American Kestrel from I-5 just west of Fife this morning
> (6/12), presumably nesting in the area, and I wonder if other tweeters have
> seen kestrels nesting west of the Cascades this year (probably less
> interesting in Oregon, where I suspect a lot of them nest in the Willamette
> Valley). They're uncommon on this side, that's for sure, and it would be
> interesting to determine just how uncommon.
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
>
Hi, Dennis--

There was a pair last year that used a box hanging on one of the Twin
Barns at Nisqually, which fledged three..I haven't been able to verify
their presence this year as yet.

Other than that..there seems to be a resident population in the Elma
area along the river back of the airport.. I've seen summer kestrels
in that area and also in Mima Mounds south of OLY and in the Chehalis
River Valley farm country..

Tom