>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!
>
>Dennis Paulson
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A kestrel visits my house weekly (sometimes daily) to sit on the lower limbs
of a maple tree. Directly below this is a large wild rose full of house
sparrows. I've seen the kestrel sit there for 15-30 minutes waiting for a
panic stricken sparrow to vacate the cover.

John Shelton
Portland, Oregon