Date: 12/5/25 11:28 am From: Tim Bray via groups.io <tbray...> Subject: Re: [NWCALBIRD] high kestrel numbers
On our annual November "Raptor Run" field trip here on the Mendocino
Coast, we tallied 24 AMKE, which I think is about average, maybe a
little on the low side. On the other hand, Red-tailed Hawk numbers seem
much lower - we counted 24 of them as well, whereas last year we counted
42, and 70 in 2023. We haven't been tracking these numbers very well so
I don't have good comparative data, but the RTHA are definitely not as
abundant here this year.
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Cheers,
Tim
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On 12/3/2025 11:56 AM, Ken Burton via groups.io wrote:
> Just as a point of interest, we had our highest count ever (33) of
> American Kestrel yesterday on the 55th run of our 27-mile
> Loleta-Ferndale winter raptor count (going back to December, 2007),
> smashing the old record of 26. Are others noticing high kestrel
> numbers this winter?
>
> Ken Burton
> McKinleyville
>
