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male kestrel from patagonia

Submitted 6 years 10 months ago by Eduardo De Lucca.

Nestlings age variation

Submitted 6 years 10 months ago by packullr.

Hi There, 

HELP! Ants in box!

Submitted 6 years 10 months ago by NM-Kestrel-Laura.

Help! My nest box is getting many ants! Is this normal or dangerous for the chicks (8 & 9 days old now). My video from overnight indicates they appeared sometime in the later afternoon yesterday and were in the box and very active since then.

Three adults around nest box?

Submitted 6 years 10 months ago by TheRichFish.

Several years ago I put a nest box in my yard, and never had any occupants until the last few days.

Kestrel chicks

Submitted 6 years 10 months ago by Mike.

In January I noticed some Kestrel activity around my nest box so I decided to take it down and change out the wood shavings.  While taking it down an egg dropped out and broke.  Not knowing what to do we changed out the nest material and put

I wore my AKP shirt from 2016 to a big event!

Submitted 6 years 10 months ago by Jill from MN.

Hi there!  Recognize the cool American Kestrel Partnership shirt from last year?

FIRST EGG HATCHES !!

Submitted 6 years 10 months ago by Nu-Sun Cinema.

On May 26/2017 approximatly 11:30am our first egg hatched. Link to our stream  http://www.nu-sun.com/html/2017_report.html

Kestrel claimed the box but no eggs

Submitted 6 years 11 months ago by fqz585.

Hi experts,

Thrilled to have a Kestrel family in our backyard again for the 4th year

Submitted 6 years 11 months ago by hollyjessop15.

Does banding disturb nesting adults?

Submitted 7 years 6 days ago by Judy Schwarzmeier.

I am helping a group that bands kestrels (adults when they can be caught and young before they fledge) in nest boxes.  I've heard that adults removed for banding when there are only 1-2 eggs may abandon the box, but when there are 4 or more eggs they a

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