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Male kestrel during day in nest box

Submitted 7 years 1 month ago by NM-Kestrel-Laura.

Bal Chatris trapping

Submitted 7 years 1 month ago by CalvertKestrels.

Hello I'm looking to see if anyone near Maryland is using Bal Chatris traps to catch kestrels in the winter.  I have my banding permit  and have been banding nestlings but need to work with someone to get approved for using traps as well. 

Resources for Banding

Submitted 7 years 1 month ago by brianr.

Is there a list of qualified banders in the Portland, OR area? Is there interest in banding offspring for research purposes? I had reached out to the local Audubon Society, but never heard back.

KestrelCam Updates Archive

Submitted 7 years 1 month ago by Delorahilleary.

Many folks have been curious about what happened in past years of the KestrelCams. I have all of the past updates saved starting in 2012 - so I figured it would be fun to post them here! Have a read, and enjoy!

Non-kestrel next in boxes - what bird?

Submitted 7 years 2 months ago by jon_harren@yahoo.com.

We put up several kestrel boxes in 2014. One has been occupied by kestrels 2 years in a row and I see that the male is around now (Ohio).

During cleanout In Jan, I found straw nests in 4 boxes - 3 kestrel boxes and one barn-owl box.

Slow-motion Flight Video

Submitted 7 years 2 months ago by ferrisakel.

Here is some video of an American Kestrel in flight that I was lucky enough to record back in 2014.  The video is in slow-motion, without audio.  (Apologies for less-than-perfect editing . . .)  Enjoy!

WEBSITE MAINTENANCE PLANNED: Week of Feb 13-17 Intermittent Availability for Data Entry App

Submitted 7 years 2 months ago by Sarah Schulwitz.

We are planning website maintenence next week (Feb 13-17, 2017) which will temporarily affect the ability for partners to input data.

kestrel cam

Submitted 7 years 2 months ago by rjs.

Hello Everyone,

Natural Cavity Kestrel Nest

Submitted 7 years 2 months ago by Grigri Haiti.

Delaware Symposium, simple nest-check camera

Submitted 7 years 2 months ago by cernicalozs.

What a great weekend of information sharing, meeting folks and learning new stuff about kestrel box monitoring. Thanks again to Chris and Sarah.