Food Fight In The American Kestrel Box - July 9, 2018
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- Watch the American Kestrel chicks, now ranging 21-25 days old, compete for a prey delivery in the nest box!
Watch the cams live at www.allaboutbirds.org/cams
The American Kestrel cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab or Ornithology and the Raptor Resource Project.
Four downy American Kestrel nestlings are tucked into a gravel-bottomed nest on private property near Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. The nest box is located on the side of a traditional limestone-footed barn, overlooking a rolling grassland that slopes away into folded hills and forests. Our partners at the Raptor Resource Project have watched kestrels breed at this site for over 25 years, and the wonderful combination of grassland, forest, and water that surrounds the property is an excellent example of the habitat that kestrels need to survive and thrive. Watch cam.
The young birds began hatching out of their eggs on June 14th, and the remaining egg in the nest is unlikely to hatch at this point. Over the next 3-4 weeks the nestlings will transform from downy bobbleheads to sleek, dull versions of their parents on a diverse diet of invertebrates, small mammals, and birds (watch this highlight of the female feeding the young). After fledging, the young will continue to be cared for by their parents, remaining near the nest as they learn to hunt and master flight.
Don't miss the outside view! A second camera has been installed to give views of the nest box opening from the outside so viewers can observe the kestrels' comings and goings, as well as the nestlings once they begin peering outside. To toggle between the two camera views, click the "switch camera" icon in the lower right of the livestream player, next to the settings wheel.
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That little one is not afraid to go after that food lol. Love them
Always battle for food. Their lives are not easy. ❤️
Their lives are a lot easier than the prey items that Mom is dropping off!
At least they are all the same size now. Kind of funny them dragging each other around. It's mine, no it's mine.
These little guys are so darn cute!!
Why there were only 3 chicks + the Mother ..... It supposed to have 4 chicks + the Mother ...
Quite active little things that don't want to share.
They are so cute!!! Amd so fiesty.
They are so sweet!
GoodLord! I was watching the live feed and these food fights are getting more furious each time! These chicks would eat each other if it ever dawned on them to!
One has it, next one has it, next one has it, parents instill Order, order.!
Awwwww I miss these little fellas they were to die for especially the smallest one “Junior” he thought he was ruff n tuff n he was a feisty little guy I miss him ❤️😇💯‼️
Another food fight occurred about 3 hours later, you'd think the big brother would prevail but that's not always the case.
It's funny, they're Raptors, but they sound, act, and kind of look like little songbirds.
Most chicks make this similar sound. When they are feeling insecure and needy for whatever (warmth, food, safety, lost from flock), most chicks of many, many types of birds make the same rhythmic screeching.
Do birds inhale or exhale to chirp?
They needed to tear the mouse (?) in half...or less!
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