Hello All,

First of all, what a gorgeous bird the Eurasian Kestrel is. How fortunate
that so many are able to see the bird for so many days.

While viewing the bird, I spoke with Bud Anderson, who indeed banded the
Kestrel. I asked him to help stop the speculation and controversy over the
legitimacy of this bird. He assures me he'll be posting to Tweeters to
clarify things for us, so perhaps we can wait for his message before
speculating further.


Calvin Gehlen
calvin at gobirding.com
Vancouver, BC