kestrel & other good birding
We haven’t succeeded yet in having kestrels nest at Nubi, but I’ve been thrilled in the last few days to see a male American Kestrel hanging out extensively around our farm field. I first saw him on top of the Tuckers’ house a couple days ago, and yesterday he was on our house at one point, and on another neighbors’ house at another, and flying over the veggie field…. definitely hanging around. But I haven’t spotted him again today, so perhaps he’s moved on south. Here are a couple photos, though I couldn’t get close enough to really capture the beauty of this colorful little falcon (he’s a spot in the sky in the first, and at the peak of a house in the second)…..
After the recent rainy weather cleared, there’s been quite a wave of bird activity — many more birds than I’ve been able to identify, but in addition to the kestrel, it’s included osprey, sharp-shinned hawk, wild turkey (a dozen checking out the tomatoes in our hoop house), red-bellied woodpecker, northern flicker, belted kingfisher, hermit thrush, common yellowthroat, and (I think) a brown thrasher, though I didn’t get a good enough look to be certain.
