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Hi, just for info, I watch

Permalink Submitted by Shauna on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 00:01

Hi, just for info, I watch from France and there is the same situation of 2 different times on each cam. I'm 2 hours ahead on the inside box. However it seems unpredictable--it can flip back to synchronisation with no warning. Not a huge bother at this point, but once the eggs hatch and there's a lot of movement with feeding, or when the nestlings get to poking their heads out of the box hole, it would be nice to have some reliable synchronisation. What exactly do you mean by "refreshing the cam"? Thanks!

Hi Shauna!

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 16:44

Hi Shauna!

Thanks for describing the issue in more detail. We'll take a look - it seems to be on Youtube's end, so we'll see if we can get any assistance there.

What I mean by "refresh the cams" is refreshing the page. If a regular refresh doesn't work, try ctrl+f5 - that's a hard refresh that forces your browser to re-download all data, instead of using a cached version. We'll see if we can find out what's up with Youtube's European connection in the meantime!

Thanks for keeping us posted!
-Delora

Such a beautiful little male.

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 15:28

Such a beautiful little male. It is very windy in the box and his surface wing coverts are being blown around as he looks up at the camera and tosses his head back and forth.

Such a beautiful little male.

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 15:29

How chilly is it outside? In Minnesota we have had so many cold days...

Hi Jill!

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 16:46

Hi Jill!

We had some really warm 80F days, but with this storm front that rolled in this last week, it got chilly again!

The sun feels warm, but the wind is a crisp 50F right now, which is quite chilly-feeling to our human staff walking about.

It seems our forecast is predicting some warmer weather in the days leading up to potential hatching!
https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=boise+ID (Local Boise weather link)

It may be windy and chilly,

Permalink Submitted by Minot on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 17:07

It may be windy and chilly, but it certainly looks like a beautiful day. I'm loving the cloud shadows.

Now we're experiencing a

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Wed, 04/20/2016 - 14:45

Now we're experiencing a dramatic upswing in temperatures. We went from 50F to 75F yesterday....and now today and tomorrow can hit 85F!

Looks like the little male is panting today. Good thing feathers are one nature's best insulators - both for heat and for keeping cool! You can see the male's little pink tongue here.

Yikes! Bad looking weather.

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 06:59

Yikes! Bad looking weather. Poor daddy outside. Pretty windy inside too.

Yes, stormy looking and

Permalink Submitted by Shauna on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 10:55

Yes, stormy looking and feathers blowing all over the place. Wondering if it's cooler now, and wondering if this may have an effect on the hatching dates?

Yup, it's about 47F at the

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 12:54

Yup, it's about 47F at the moment, and it will remain overcast all day. However, as birds are excellent incubators, it is unlikely that cool weather will effect the eggs at all.

Today's weather: https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=boise+ID

How long will the female stay

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 13:00

How long will the female stay in there without eating, if the male doesn't come back today?

It takes longer than a day

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 13:07

It takes longer than a day for kestrels to starve, so if the male failed to return, it would be quite a while before the eggs are abandoned. However, the male is out and about and hunting, and many food exchanges happened yesterday. A little rain and wind never hurts a raptor!

I know. But I am attached to

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 13:09

I know. But I am attached to these guys. :)

Yay! The male came back! Now

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 13:36

Yay! The male came back! Now I get to worry about the female out there in the wind. :)

Would this likely be the same

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 15:48

Would this likely be the same pair from last year?

It's actually unlikely.

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Sat, 04/23/2016 - 16:54

It's actually unlikely. Neither parent is banded this year, and this male is much paler and has very light black markings, unlike last year's male who was very heavily black-marked. It's not uncommon for kestrel pairs to switch up mates and nest sites from year to year.

The inside camera seems to be

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 07:00

The inside camera seems to be in Black and White today?

fixed!

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 10:04

fixed!

The cam is in black-and-white

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 13:54

The cam is in black-and-white when it's the infrared cam, which activates automatically when it's too dark for the regular cam. So, it is black-and-white every night or if it's super stormy. Infrared can allow watching in total darkness, but it doesn't display color.

Is there any way to put the

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 09:17

Is there any way to put the newest posts on the top of the list instead of having to scroll down and change pages? Thanks.

If possible, I second the

Permalink Submitted by Shauna on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 11:10

If possible, I second the motion

I made a link in the very

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 13:55

I made a link in the very first post of this thread that shows this thread with newest posts first! Click that to get there, or let me know if you are having trouble finding it.

Oh! Wow thank you that is

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 16:13

Oh! Wow thank you that is very nice of you.

Very sorry! I overlooked it

Permalink Submitted by Shauna on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 09:52

Very sorry! I overlooked it and just found it...very convenient, thanks!

I wish someone would WD40

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 15:08

I wish someone would WD40 that AC fan. It scares me to death every time it goes off! Sounds like a Hawk attack or something! LOL

Oh, yes - I just heard that

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 10:02

Oh, yes - I just heard that fan and I quite agree that some WD40 would help a lot. Wouldn't want the little kestrels to become desensitized to possible danger!

Oh, yes - I just heard that

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 10:03

duplicate post

Oh, yes - I just heard that

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 10:04

Stuck post! My apologies!

Wow! Another really windy day

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 15:18

Wow! Another really windy day!

Hi it's me the worrier.

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 18:26

Hi it's me the worrier.
:)
The female has been gone over 5 hours.
:(

She returned :)

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 00:02

She returned :)

Thank goodness! I couldn't

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 04:20

Thank goodness! I couldn't see this morning because the camera is out.

Woops, our streaming software

Permalink Submitted by Delorahilleary on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 08:23

Woops, our streaming software decided it wanted to update while I was asleep. The inside cam is back online now! :)

Our intrepid male has been

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 13:50

Our intrepid male has been very restless over the past several minutes as he sits on the eggs. Now about quarter to two Boise time.

Our intrepid male has been

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 13:52

time will tell. Also I love how close the camera is

Our intrepid male has been

Permalink Submitted by Jill from MN on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 13:58

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Soft peeps coming from the

Permalink Submitted by Griffinsong on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 14:03

I have been hearing some soft peeps coming from the eggs for some hours now as the male is restlessly incubating. Seems like soon :3.

Mom is chomping on half an

Permalink Submitted by Griffinsong on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 07:34

Mom is chomping on half an eggshell, looks like one hatched!
Not seeing the chick yet though.

The male keeps coming back to

Permalink Submitted by TerriFla on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 16:43

The male keeps coming back to check on her! That's so sweet.

Good morning. One of the eggs

Permalink Submitted by nc on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 07:42

Good morning. One of the eggs hatched. Earlier, I heard chirps. A few minutes ago, I saw the mother kestrel pull half the eggshell out and eat its lining (I think that is what she was doing).

Ma kestrel just got up to

Permalink Submitted by nc on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 08:42

Ma kestrel just got up to chase off intruder on top of roof. One egg hatched and one is in the process of hatching. I thought I heard what sounded like two chicks. Wish there was a way to post my screen capture of the damp kestrel chick.