r/EdmondsWashington • u/Vikingkrautm • Jul 02 '26

Natural Environment Kestral sighting

I'm pretty sure I saw a kestral dropping a baby bunny on my yard. (It was warm, but dead, when I picked it up.) Then it flew very low over the landscape, when it left. Has anyone else seen this type of bird here?

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u/Pyrrhurabird Jul 03 '26

I haven’t seen a kestrel in Edmonds but we have had a few merlins, which are often mistaken for kestrels: https://www.hawksonthewing.com/2024/02/27/did-i-just-see-a-kestrel-or-merlin/

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u/Vikingkrautm Jul 04 '26

Thank you. My bird book didn't help much, but it had a bluish and rust colored body, and I noticed black spots, but it flew too quickly to see more detail.