<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpfc0460b1yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpfc0460b1yiv9825410980"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpfc0460b1yiv9825410980yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Delia Scholes and I found 5 Kestrels in the Snoqualmie Valley today, in a drive from Preston to Carnation, Stillwater, Sykes Lake and back through the Carnation marsh.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I was modestly encouraged by this! I don't remember seeing that many ever and we drive through often, although I'm sure other birders have a better handle on how many are actually normal there. (Could they be moving this early?) </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I worry about Kestrels. I remember the many years when they were regularly visible in Seattle from Elliott Ave on the drive through Interbay, and I remember them breeding regularly in Everett. I remember the sad day when Roger Orness reported the death of the male of the at-that-time-lone (last?) breeding pair in the Kent Valley, while defending his young.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">So were happy to have a good Kestrel Day!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ed Newbold ednewbold1@yahoo.com Beacon Hill Seattle</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>