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Like Carol Kane’s “beautiful spaghetti” hair, these Purple Passionflower/Passiflora incarnata tendrils catch the eye.

This perch was very popular with American Kestrels last fall. This day, this Merlin was lord of all they surveyed. How many Merlins are around? These last two pictures were from a very overcast day; when we had three sightings of Merlin. The first two sightings were probably the same bird, being in the same tree…

Yes, that’s a songbird leg. Typically, Kestrels will eat everything, down to the prey’s toes. She took her meal with her. (The difference in photo quality between this last shot and the previous ones is that the first four photos here were shot from farther away and through wire fencing; I’d already turned the corner…

Here she is! Here he is. (The pigeons bolt each time the Kestrels fly in or out, but then they return with nonchalance.) Just below and to the left of the Kestrel is the entrance to the cavity nesting site the pair used last year and will presumably use again this year. From this angle,…

Last Wednesday, I finally saw a pair of American Kestrels on these chimney pots located above last year’s nest. (The building usually sports a cornice line of Pigeons.) The picture above was from the day before; that’s the male. (I didn’t have my camera handy when I saw the two little falcons up there together).…