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LIKELY DUE TO A NEST FULL OF YOUNG ONES... I HAVE NOTICED
THE ADULT KINGBIRDS HOVERING OVER FRESHLY CUT LAWNS....
I THINK THE MOWING STIRS UP BUGS THAT THEY CATCH AND
EAT AND FEED THEIR YOUNG.. THEY ARE ACTUALLY VERY GOOD
AT HOVERING; SOMEWHAT LIKE A KESTREL, BUT THEY DO NOT STAY
IN ONE PLACE AS LONG AS THE KESTREL, AND THEIR WINGBEATS ARE
SLOWER.. THEY SEEM TO DART TO AND FRO.. BUT ALWAYS INTO THE
WIND TO HELP HOLD THEM UP..

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