Another sunny morning, our kestrels are very busy,one little chap is getting ready for flight, well dropping out of the hole with lots of flapping. Odd that nature makes them so vulnerable at this time of fledging. We usually end up with 5 or 6 baby kestrels sitting on a fence between the two houses which is the safest place for them or second choice is on the slope or door ledge up to our house. If they land here we try to get them to fly in to the big tree nearby. The fledging can take a week as one after the other leaves the nest, the biggest first, then the next in size gets fed and so on, until the smallest who was always at the back in the food chain appears.
I always wonder what the undersized ones chances are of life, not very good I suspect.
The cats and dogs on the other side of the window look on with interest, but none would be averse to a baby kestrel feast.
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