[wisb] Re: a 3 kestrel day!!!
- From: "Robert Mcfall" <RMcfall@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <schaufenbuel@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <cgiamati@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:16:17 -0500
Years ago, I coached track at Muncie Central in Indiana. Muncie is where
Ball State University. One spring the maintenance crew for the school system
did some work on the scoreboard for the football and track stadium and left
the cover off the entry to the inside. A pair of kestrels made a nest
inside. They harrassed all of the children that were on or around the track
for about 6 weeks. Needless to say they destroyed much of the wiring inside
the scoreboard.
Bob McFall
Kenosha County
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From: "Schaufenbuel" <schaufenbuel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cgiamati@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "wisb" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Sandy DeChene" <sandy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:49 PM
Subject: [wisb] Re: a 3 kestrel day!!!
> The decline of the American Kestrel is a well-known trend over the past
> 30 years. Attractive and easily lured to nest boxes, the little
> falcon's decline seemed to be leveling off in the last few years. So,
> this renewed decline is bad news. Contrarily, last August I had 37
> adults and young birds on the Buena Vista Grasslands within ten minutes
> along Town Line Road South of W. Continued habitat loss, competition
> and lack of nest sites may all be factors.
> As for more Cooper's Hawks arriving at rehab, has any of the rehabbers
> noted more gun shot wounds in these feisty feeder hawks? Same for
> Pileated Woodpeckers and other woodpeckers. My concern is that people I
> come in contact with increasingly telling me in confidence of taking BB
> guns to wood siding loving Pileated and feeder raiding Cooper's.
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> Also brought to my attention another bird hazard in peoples yards: Four
> foot high wire fencing with openings like 2"x2" having birds found
> dead in, or near them.
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> Joe Schaufenbuel
> Stevens Point,
> Portage Co., WI
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> On 4/9/2010 8:17 PM, claudia giamati wrote:
> > Since I do most of my birding in my yard or places I can get to without
a car ( this is bigby)
> > I wasn't sure if I was imagining a lack of American Kestrels. I asked
the question of the group a few days ago and was directed by Pat Fisher to
check out the UMn Raptor center webpage where there is a link to the Kestrel
watch. It turns out many of the rehabbers in the area note a sharp decline
in the number of Am. Kestrels brought in, thus they are calling upon the
citizen scientists to collect data for themn. They have also noticed an
increase in the number of cooper's hawks brought in. There is no correlation
madenor any inferred connection. It just may indicate that there is an issue
in the population of Am Kestrels.It sure appears to have crashed
significantly.
> > BUT even in the face of daunting news, I was lucky enough to see three
of these little guys today in Chippewa county. 2 males and one female....
Other sightings from my car on the drive home were about 6 bufflehead on
little Lake Wissota.. If you love Kestrels as much as I, then please check
out the Raptor Center in St Paul's webpage out. and if you are lucky enough
to see one, please report it.
> > Thanks,
> > Claudia Giamati
> > Chippewa Falls(mailing address)
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