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- American Sparrow Hawk 



(Falco sparverius sparverius) 



DATE- May 2, 1936 

 NO.- 5 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



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SIZES- /- SO X /./S' A-j-5 X f.iO /■ 

 /.V/ A /. // X f.OV 



SITUATION - XkKKSX± The nest was located in 

 an old Flicker hole in a large, half -dead 

 locust tree on the Farmington Golf Course 

 about three miles from Charlottesville, Va. 



No nest materials were present- only 

 some old chips of wood which were left there 

 when the hole was made. The entrance to the 

 nest was about 15 ft. from the ground and 

 a* out 2 ft. from the top of the snag. The 

 actual cavity of the nest was approximately 

 10 in. deep and the diameter was uniformily 

 about 8 in. 



The female was caught on the nest and 

 xbuq from her appearance and from the variations 

 in the sizes of the eggg, she seemed to have 

 been a last year's bird. The male, however, 

 seemed to be at least three years old. 



( JFBC ) 



** (American Kestrel - Falco sparverius) 



A.O.U. Checklist 1983 



