The Kestrel falcons were adorable little sparrow hawks less than a foot long with black stripes under their eyes and down the side of their face to reduce glare from the sun, while hunting high in the sky.
Since the year 1966, their species title tied to the falcon birds of prey, Kestral falcons have been distinguished by their streamlined, thin-tapered wings known for their amazing flying abilities. They also possess plumes on their legs and have a small projection in their beak that is developed into a tooth to kill their prey like a Peregrine falcon with an explosive swoop from above.
When their population declined by 25 percent, they began to hold their own in reproduction by moving into the side of urban areas, seen sitting along powerlines to stalk and then drop down upon small mammals or birds that they could trace through their ability to follow their movement down below. But because they had become cavity dwellers, they no longer built their nests out of twigs but more often laid their eggs in holes of decaying trees about 25 feet from the ground for four young as illustrated.
Since spring is the season of fledglings learning how to fly, it is wise to keep your cats indoors, instead of taking toll on them being able to find and feed on rodents, dragonflies, tomato horn worms in your vegetable garden or garter snakes in your flower garden. The state conservation organization like the American Kestrel Partners of New England are developing modern methods of tracking technology for recent movements during the migration and climate changes and how they deal with them.
Many cycles of climate change appear to become cyclical in nature with substantial effect on the environment for the future, including water levels and changing weather precipitation measurements. Now the recent past days of vernal equinox are unique worldwide because the hours of light and darkness are the same all over the world, just as the tides follow a daily schedule of high-water marks up and down the coast.
With the scheduled sunrise that comes over the horizon of Little Bay, it is written in the heavens as my celestial reincarnation observation on earth hoping that it will bring creation of literary inspiration for you and for me.
By George B. Emmons
