Re: Unusual kestral nesting site?
Paula,
going to be a concern.
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Paula,
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just had what looked like a juveile orchard oriole fighting over my water with a hooded, darker back and smaller black spot on throat is what caught my attention. Fallowed the bird with the bins and caught a groupd of about eight orioles in a euc. One looks like a adult male baltimore…might be a orchard…but both are lifers for me so I need confirmation.
If your in the area, I’m looking at it now.
05/07/18 @6 pm
La Mesa, Ca near Grossmont High School
Anthony TooFly Fife
(619)549-8508
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towards the bottom, click "Filter_taxa_recommendations_19Jan2016_CA.xlsx"
Things like Pin-tailed Whydah and Red-masked Parakeet, which may be established/establishing at locals levels, but don't yet fit the criteria for inclusion on the California state list, are validated in eBird. One-off, obvious escapees, regardless of how long they stick around, like, well, any flamingo in California, Burrowing Parakeet, or Gray-crowned Crane, are invalidated [or in this case Green Jay]. Somewhere in the middle of that spectrum are things like Mandarin Duck and European Goldfinch which probably aren't close to establishment, but show up with enough frequency that they are worth keeping more public tabs on, and are therefore validated.
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As I drove to Buddy Todd Park this morning, I was stuck in slow moving traffic on westbound 76 near where electrical lines stretch over all lanes. There are large balls on the lines because of the airport. I saw a kestral go into the orange ball over my head. Starlings nest in traffic poles over roads sometime but has anyone heard of a nesting site like this? I guess cavity nesters are having problems finding good sites.
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