Subject: Re: Sharpies at the feeders
Date: Jan 19 11:18:28 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at ups.edu


>I've also seen a kestrel lurking in the bushes on occasion.
>
>Douglas F. Daily

Might it have been a merlin? "Lurking in the bushes" in Seattle is not
something I expect from a kestrel, a quintessential bird of open country.
It would be a very unusual sighting and points out that a common bird doing
something it doesn't usually do is just as noteworthy as a rare bird!

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