General Discussion : 2016 KestrelCam Discussion

Mom and Dad just came by with MORE food. and man! is that AC loud.

kestrel fledgling in the tree near the box, calling loudly Apparently needs some more flight lessons, LOL.

OMG the chick will be too fat to go out the hole if they don't stop shoving mice in there! LOL

mom kestrel just delivered another mouse- the remaining chick will need a refrigerator soon, lol.

Boy, at the rate the parents are feeding the unfledged chick, she's going to be to fat to fly.

Meanwhile, at least one of the nearby fledglings is protesting loudly whenever the parents drop dinner in the box.

Mama came by for a visit!

Another rodent from dad! With all that food and all the space in the house, who would want to fledge, lol.

OMG more food.

I just saw one of the female chicks that fledged try to snatch food (looked like a moth) from unfledged female chick. Didn't work, so she left while protesting.

I figured the two remaining male chicks would fledge today, leaving only the two female chicks to fledge on Sunday. My prediction was wrong. It seems that the females usually fledge later than the males even when they hatch earlier. Could this be due to the size difference between the male and female kestrels?

I think there are 2 uneaten mice in there now.

Daddy just flew over for a visit.

ANother mouse!!

ANd another one from dad.

Male adult was doing this fun little stuffing act with the female chick, who seemed to eat little bits offered but apparently wasn't hungry enough to eat the entire rodent, and boy did that male do his best to try and get it into her. So finally he left the box with the critter and immediately the cries of other fledglings (I assume) could be heard. Did anyone else see this?

In my report I confused thee male fledgling with dfad kestrel. Huh.
But she is seriously clapping her wings, obviously making herself ready to go. I really think that she is the one born later.

Wow, Mom kestrel took the mouse out of the boX! I think she realized that the remaining nestling already got enough.

I just saw Mama do the same as Papa and take a mouse out of the box after eating and feeding the little female

Will the outside camera be turned onto where the fledglings are after the littlest one fledges?

Well probably tomorrow we will have an empty nest.

the female brought in a mouse then flew back out with it.
Tempting the chick to come out.

SHe just hacked up a black pellet!

She went!!!!! YAY!!!!

EMPTY NEST!!!!!!

Hi, could someone move the outside came in such a way that it shows the surroundings?

BTW - I have another very scientific idea. It's a bit gross, but could samples be analyzed of what the nestlings could not digest to see if there was any chemical residue? It's way better than the scientific paper I read....

I know it's a holiday weekend, but could you please move the camera so we can see the outside?
Thanks

Man it's windy out there!

Thanks for the expanded view!!

Nobody's home.

I saw one on the edge of the building!
(that's not a choice on the report so I said on the top of the box.)

Nobody came home?

There were a few visits of fledglings to the box, most of them by the freshly fledged female and also one male. But unlike in some previous years, they seem not to come back for the night. Also, somewhat surprisingly, unlike in all previous years when they stayed around the box for many days, they moved away rather quickly.

Oh, finally, kestrel chirping again.LOL.