Since the comments on dwindling numbers of American Kestrels, I have been paying closer attention to these guys on my daily commute as well as any time I am BWD (Birding While Driving.) I drive about 25 miles to work. The first half is on rural roads and state highways through agricultural land, blending into the southern boundary of the East Fork State Park, in Clermont County. The second half becomes more residential and commericial, escalating till I reach the Eastgate Mall at SR 32 and I-275. I have seen at least 3 kestrels, possibly more, as regular residents, but only along the first 1/2 of my journey. There is one (or possibly a pair) that I see almost daily on the country road by my house, and another along SR 125 that forms the southern border of the state park. I can always count on these guys. I can't quite sort out how many kestrels live on SR 133, the N-S road that connects me to SR 125. One regularly sits on the wires at 23xx (last digits withheld), but I have seen a kestrel (same bird or different one?) at 2 other sites on this road, once at 19xx (2 miles south of the "regular" spot) and once at 15xx, which is 5 miles south of the "regular" site. I think this must be a different bird, but I'm not sure. What is the approximate range or territory size that an American Kestrel will occupy? How can I tell if these two separate sightings were of the resident kestrel from 23xx or were one (or two) other birds? I saw 3 American Kestrels today, two of which are new. The first was in Brown County, at SR 505 and Oak Grove Rd, the second at SR 133/222, just south of Felicity. The third is my old friend, on my rural county lane. Kathi Hutton Felicity, Clermont Co. Delorme pg 82, B3 Lat. 38.828, Lon. -84.063 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]