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FGoose OP t1_j2rt4nl wrote

Reply to comment by A_Peke_Named_Goat in An American kestrel in the thick fog from the other day. by FGoose

If you are in Philly there is a mated pair at pennypack on the Delaware year round. Bring binoculars and check out the soccer fields. They love perching on the goal posts. They are very hard to photograph but they are easy to spot with binoculars. They are easily my favorite raptors.

It was beautiful near the beginning of the fall this year as they had a brood of like 4 chicks. So you could see 5 of them on the goal posts at one time. It was so joyful.

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A_Peke_Named_Goat t1_j2rz7ol wrote

I will definitely do that.

I have a good memory of driving from Columbus to Toledo, OH in the late fall. Its flat as hell there with no major highway so its just 2-lane roads through farmland with fences and utility poles along the road. There must have been one kestrel posted up on a pole looking for its next meal every mile for a while there. It was awesome.

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