First American Kestrel Chick Hatches, Revealed Wearing Eggshell Helmet In Wisconsin! - May 17, 2024
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- The first American Kestrel chick has hatched after 33 days of incubation! Get your first peek at the hatchling (still wearing a "shellmet") when the female arrives to take over duties at the nest. More hatchlings could arrive today, so keep watching!
Watch the cams live at www.allaboutbirds.org/kestrels
The American Kestrel cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab or Ornithology and the Raptor Resource Project.
This American Kestrel pair is nesting in 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 begin to hatch out of their eggs after about a month of incubation. Over the following 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.
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Such a beautiful bird close up.❤❤❤
Haha too cute! I really do enjoy the sounds they make and the colors!!.... colors are so pretty! Thanks!😊
Such beautiful birds and babies! The hat is too cute!!!!!
So happy to see a chick! It took so long to hatch. Love his hat!
It's nice to see nature up real close. It's astonishing.
I didn't even know that we have these birds in South Carolina. I'll have to be on the lookout. Thank you for sharing this!😊❤
Look for them perched on power lines, looking for lunch!
@@Angie-jk8cp Will do. Thank you ☺️
Love the little helmet!
Finally! Seems like incubation took forever. Welcome little one.😍
such pretty birds!!
Omg That's a beautiful bird!!❤
What a beautiful parent! Can’t wait to see the chicks!
So cute. Looks like Mom hatched the egg….then took off for some ‘My Time’ and Dad’s thinking ‘OK, what do I do with it, now?’ 🤣
Lovely colors on this pair!💜🙏💜🙏💜
welcome baby bird ❤
Красавица птица!
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Fabulous ❤
🤩 TYSM!
thank you so much
Too cute😂
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Why is the egg white?
They're like Chaffinches if they were birds of prey.
It’s A Shellmet ⛑️