On the way back to the Deer Park a kestrel appears, hovering and still in the wimpling wind.

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It hounds an alarmed kestrel out of the park, then barrels through a flock of seagulls.

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The Kestrel (your starting ship) is equipped with more powerful starting guns, a less diverse crew, and no drones or drone system.

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Our hostess is Fatima Monhi, a tiny woman, delicate as a kestrel, who has been providing bed and breakfast to hikers for 20 years.

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We thought it was a kestrel and, as a journalist, I had already dreamed up a "Our kestrel manoeuvres in the dark" headline for the story.

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After the success of the kestrel boxes in 2009, if the Springwatch team decide to come back for a third year in 2010, what can we expect from Nigel and his team?

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"We put kestrel boxes up for Springwatch 2008 and although a couple did show interest in one of the boxes, they were driven out by a pair of buzzards who just wouldn't tolerate another bird of prey, " said Nigel.

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After we made the decision that first night, I wrote an e-mail to two mentors, Bill Kirby, then dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Gregg Stone, managing partner of Kestrel Venture Management, informing them of my plans.

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