This may seem like an odd question but I am hoping someone can solve a mystery. Why would a wild kestrel "cry" .. "call out" at night... all night .. but only when it is cold out. I have been listening to this same night calling behavior now for over a year. During that time I have determined through observation that there is about a 99.9% chance this is a kestrel. Here is the scenario.. When it is cold at night.. I can hear this plaintive cry.. over and over and over.. all night long.. Is it trying to keep warm? Is it just unhappy? ... I will say it is distressing ... I worry that this bird is cold. I know I will probably get ripped for my ignorance but I am trying to learn here.. Any help would be greatly appreciated... thank you in advance.
@@yaz1517 Yes but I can't let him loose yet. Still has an instinct to snatch his food and make off with it. I think he's just a "special needs" falcon. Not giving up though.
falconry when you finally get a general or master falconer to teach you takes a minimum of 2 years from starting as an apprentice to then becoming a general falconer, prior to that 2 years it just depends on how slow the state is on approving your housing facility for the birds and how ever long it takes them to pass out licenses. i would guesstimate if the local government is fast about 6 months waiting for everything to get approved unless you mess up your housing for the animals.
Stressful to watch. Is so much work and training and so much danger out in the free flying world.
This may seem like an odd question but I am hoping someone can solve a mystery. Why would a wild kestrel "cry" .. "call out" at night... all night .. but only when it is cold out. I have been listening to this same night calling behavior now for over a year. During that time I have determined through observation that there is about a 99.9% chance this is a kestrel. Here is the scenario.. When it is cold at night.. I can hear this plaintive cry.. over and over and over.. all night long.. Is it trying to keep warm? Is it just unhappy? ... I will say it is distressing ... I worry that this bird is cold. I know I will probably get ripped for my ignorance but I am trying to learn here.. Any help would be greatly appreciated... thank you in advance.
Can you release him to return the wild anyway you want or he is 'attached' to you?
Fine raptor. I'm training a Eurasian Kestrel. He would have snatched those feeds and been off every time.
You've clearly done the work, enjoy!
I trapped one yesterday and he is stubborn also but at least he is getting used to me holding him.
do you both still have them
@@yaz1517 Yes but I can't let him loose yet. Still has an instinct to snatch his food and make off with it. I think he's just a "special needs" falcon.
Not giving up though.
How long did it take you to get all the permits, registration and training before you were on your own?
falconry when you finally get a general or master falconer to teach you takes a minimum of 2 years from starting as an apprentice to then becoming a general falconer, prior to that 2 years it just depends on how slow the state is on approving your housing facility for the birds and how ever long it takes them to pass out licenses. i would guesstimate if the local government is fast about 6 months waiting for everything to get approved unless you mess up your housing for the animals.
I keep trying to figure out where he's flying from, he just appears all of a sudden when you call him haha
A trick: you can watch movies on flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching lots of of movies these days.
@Terrance Daxton Yup, I've been watching on flixzone for since november myself :)
Hi, I catched a wild kestrel Can I train for free flight him?
I don't know where you live but kestrel can be trained for free flight and hunting
I live in Turkey/Mersin, ty so much
Big male. My female kestrel is just starting to instant fly at ~100-105g.