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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