In this video, FBI Firearms Instructor Dave Coletti takes a shot (literally) at trying to "Kill a Kestrel". Does Dave have what it takes?

Here is Katie and I on our visit to the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ.

The mine is part of the old and abandoned New Jersey Zinc Mine,now the Sterling Hill Mining Museum. Bats use abandoned mines as wintering habitat because the air temperature underground is constant at about 49 degrees all winter - cool enough for hibernation but not cold enough to freeze them. Mines in all states have become very important for hibernation and efforts are underway to protect them to allow the bats a place for the winter.
Often the bats that use these locations migrate several hundred miles in the spring to "summer roosts" where they have their pups and live until fall approaches.Kestrels are used to measure the environmental conditions in the mines and an integral part of the bat research.

Thanks so much John and Mitzi for an enjoyable day!

Kestrel supported the Irrigation Association at this year's International Irrigation Show, as they recognized two instructors that have contributed greatly to the Irrigation industry. Each instructor was given a Kestrel 4500 prize pack for their outstanding work in the industry. Congratulations to Ted Moriarty of Smart Watering Company, Roxbury, MA, and Mike Mills from Growing Concern Irrigation, Bethlehem, PA. Enjoy your Kestrels!