** Reply to note from Bill Smith

> Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
>
> [snip] three spring and five fall migrants have been found in the w
> Aleutian Is. and the Bering Sea, AK; and one (*) was at Alkali Lake, BC, 10
> December 1946 (Godfrey 1986).

Yes, but..... the late Jim Burbridge, ex-falconer, once told me that Leo Jobin
who claimed the record of the Alkali Lake, BC bird had really obtained it from
another falconer. Not sure if this was true...

Jack



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Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
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