INTERNATIONAL KESTRELS ~ 2014

loza · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:47 am

Catbird

Wloclawek Poland Morning
6.06 1

8.08 2

Brest Bialorus

Another count off:

1

2

3

4

loza · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:49 am

Kwidzyn Poland

10.08 King and Queen feed children.

They throw food and flee :egg21:

loza · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:39 pm

Kwidzyn Poland

18.05 King with dinner for children and depatrure :egg17:

loza · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:02 pm

Worcester UK

26/6 20.54 poor thing :eggthumbup:

edit :
22.11 Two

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

loza wrote:

Kwidzyn Poland

18.05 King with dinner for children and depatrure :egg17:

Thanks loza for these images - what a family! I haven't taken the time yet to watch this cam (afraid I'll get hooked ;-) ).

Good news :hatchegg:

from Alta Murgia Lesser Kestrels:

Hatching time before or close to 16:00 (via Facebook - "Lipu Gravina")

Around 18:00 (Italian = ME time) - chick visible

A while ago (00:30) - an(other?) egg shell visible

loza · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:39 am

Bosuil

Wloclawek Poland :egg17:

6.36 2 later 3 Young on the landing. Pusio with breakfast

Kwidzyn Poland :loveshow:

6.58 We ( 6) look forward to breakfast and practicing

8.33 Next delivery for breakfast

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

Italy - Alta Murgia - :hatchegg:

7:05 AM

Catbird · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:40 am

Ah, so nice to hear the news and see that beautiful picture of the second chick at Alta Murgia. Thanks, Bosuil.

Thanks too to loza for all the wonderful pictures at Kwidzyn. The chicks certainly do look ready to fledge at any moment, and the king and queen are to be commended for their wonderful care of six chicks this year.

In other news, it looks as if 3 of the chicks in the Berlin nest have fledged. But it's hard to know for sure as one or more of the chicks might just be out of sight in the nest.

And at the Matura nest, the Lesser Kestrel male has really been helping the female with nesting duties. I found him patiently feeding the little chick earlier today.

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

Catbird wrote:

Ah, so nice to hear the news and see that beautiful picture of the second chick at Alta Murgia. Thanks, Bosuil.

Credit where credit is due, it isn't my snapshot (found it on the Italian forum, I hadn't "snapped" the 2 yet)! A shame the lens is so dirty :girlsad3:

- I see a spider at work sometimes, it may also be grease from the tailfeathers touching the lens when the birds changed position while incubating.

Catbird wrote:

And at the Matura nest, the Lesser Kestrel male has really been helping the female with nesting duties. I found him patiently feeding the little chick earlier today.

Whaw, great catch, Catbird - I hadn't seen the male feeding yet! Just remember him dangling large preys (lizard ...) in front of the tiny chick and esp. the very first prey - when he'd been watching the chick hatch and after 40, 50 min. - given the female didnot arrive - left it alone and went out to catch something to eat and returned with a beetle, couldn't figure out how to feed it and ate it himself!

The 2nd calenderyear male was on a visit again this morning:

Very good snapshot via Italian forum

loza · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:28 am

Worcester UK
27/6 8.00 :egg17:

8.40

8.45 Empty

12.10

loza · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:49 am

Kestrels- Kwidzyn Poland :flirty:

13.08 We practicing

loza · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:56 am

Brest Bialorus :egg19:

It's hard to find young, They hide the webcam

Wloclawek Poland
Young just came back for a while :egg8:

edit :

Kwidzyn Poland

I discovered that one of the Young flew. :sum9:

There are only 5

loza · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:40 pm

Wloclawek Poland

18.59 Pusio control in nest and departure

Night. Visits 2 Young

loza · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:23 pm

Kwidzyn Poland

21.03 Night . Peace and quiet. 5 Young :girlluv:

Catbird · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:35 pm

loza - Great news about the first Kwidzyn kestrel fledging! And it's nice to see the 5 kestrels left in the nest all settled down for the night. I watched a bit earlier today, and everything was quite hectic with the kids flapping their wings and running into each other.

Bosuil - So that's what the 2nd year intruder male looks like at the Matura nest. The resident female didn't seem too bothered to have him there, so perhaps he is just a curious visitor. I certainly hope so.

Bad news at the Simon King nest in England. Here's what is posted on the Web site:

Sadly, it is looking like the eggs in this year’s clutch are infertile. One of the 3 eggs broke a few days after it was due to hatch, revealing no developed embryo. We expect the others to go the same way. It is common for relatively long lived birds like kestrels (which may live for 15 years or so in the wild) to have infertile first broods. Hopefully, having established a territory and shown her commitment to her duties, this female will have more luck next year. Her mate (who can be distinguished by his grey head and tail) is still bringing the female food and occasionally sitting on the eggs. We expect this activity to end by July, but with one of the pair being so young (probably just a year old) it is very hard to know when they will finally abandon hope of raising a family. Kestrels only have one brood a year, so this will signal the end of their attempt to raise a family in 2014.

loza · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:05 am

Kwidzyn Poland

28 6.02 Morning 5 Young . Breakfast :egg19:

Nests empty:

Wloclawek Poland ,
Worcester UK,
Brest Bialorus ( At the lamp?)

loza · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:43 am

next breakfast for the next young :egg17:

8.50 and the next delivery. Young watching flights , parents ? :girlluv:

Catbird · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:43 am

Thanks for the Kwidzyn photos and videos, loza. I wonder if we'll see another fledge or two today. :egg16:

Germany - Berlin

Only one chick is visible in the nest. I'm assuming that the other 4 chicks have fledged.

Italy - Alta Murgia (Ginger & Fred)

There are still just two chicks for the Lesser Kestrels here.

Italy - San Clemente

It looks as if one of the 4 chicks has fledged.

Switzerland - Lausen

The chicks have really grown since I last checked in on them. They should be fledging within a couple of days.

Catbird · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:40 pm

Oops, I was wrong earlier today about the 4th kestrel fledging in Berlin. When I checked the cam later today, there were still 2 kestrel chicks in the nest box.

loza · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:09 pm

Brest Belarus

11.02 4 chicks in nest Smallest also got lunch :egg19:

What a big difference the growth of the largest and smallest

Wloclawek Poland

They come back two :loveshow:

or three

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