Kestrel

The last time I saw a kestrel was a long time ago...when Josh and I were headed out to Eel Point and I saw the little red falcon flying over Linda Loring territory.  Last Sunday,  I was not on the list for socially-distanced birding,  so I took off to "The Mothballs"  to check out which birds might be out there.  I hadn't connected that Andre and Suellen,  who live on Mothball Way,  were living at The Mothballs!  Their neighbor Barry Sternlicht suffered a 40-50 foot erosion event in the past month.

In any event, I parked the car near Cisco Beach and was rewarded with sightings of a kestrel and a merlin,  as well as more nuthatches and pine siskins (prevalent this year).   I've seen many peregrine falcons cruising the bluff this year,  but  the hunt for the kestrel,  and seeing it's color and facial markings,  as well as its jet-fighter flight was really exciting. A red-tailed haw and the merlin also made an appearance.

Josh and I had biked Massasoit Plains the day before,  down to Clark's Cove,  without such great raptor sightings.  

Kestrel

Merlin