Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Another kestrel in the air

This morning I released my last baby kestrel, PARKER, in a very good habitat for this species. There are lots of old dead snags with nest cavities and I know that there are kestrels in the area. Unfortunately for the baby there are also nesting kingbirds. I didn't know that until she had flown way high up in a large cottonwood. By then the family of five kingbirds started dive bombing her. She put up with it for a while, ducking in time to keep from being hit by a bird half her size, but then just decided to move on. I didn't see how far she made it but hopefully the upset family of birds wouldn't travel that far.

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