Kestrel vs Jackdaw - Brutal Fight To Defend 6 Kestrel Bird Eggs | Mr & Mrs Kes | Robert E Fuller
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2021
- The female kestrel in my garden has won yet another a bitter battle to protect her eggs - this time fighting off marauding jackdaws in a bloody and vicious fight.
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Formidable falcon
Mrs Kes is a formidable falcon and last year bravely fought jackdaws, barn owls and a tyrannical tawny owl to keep her eggs safe. (Click here to read the story: robertefuller.com/diary/how-i...)
Defending the nest
Now she has had to summon up her strength again as barn owls, a new male kestrel, not her mate, and a pair of marauding jackdaws mount a series of devastating raids on her nest. Nest sites are hotly contested in spring, and my cameras reveal that the battle for the best site is brutal.
Eggs scatter
In the last of several vicious clashes, the female kestrel gets covered in blood and her eggs scatter across the floor of the nest. Exhausted by the battle, she does her best to continue incubating but makes no effort to collect her eggs back together.
Intervention
I don't like to intervene with wildlife, but it's clear that if I don't this clutch will fail. I gather the eggs up together and thankfully Mrs Kes returns to incubate them. However, three of the eggs are worryingly cold.
Hatching date approaches
These eggs are due to hatch any day now. I hope the chicks have survived. It is has been a bitter ordeal for this kestrel pair. And especially for Mrs Kes. Laying and brooding six eggs is tough enough, the female has laid over half her body weight in eggs! But doing this in the face of constant attacks just shows how hardy these birds have to be.
Incubation story
Mrs Kes’ laid her first egg on Easter Monday, April 5, 2021. It was bitterly cold and she didn't lay her second until April 8th. But she then laid her third on April 10th, and her fourth on April 12th. Incubation usually begins once the third egg is laid and lasts roughly 27-29 days. The fifth and sixth eggs were laid on April 14th and 16th respectively.
Mr Kes
Males are as invested as females in incubation and the eventual raising of the chicks. Mr Kes even practised sitting on the first egg when he discovered it. He also continues to support her by bringing her food and helping to fight off competition.
Kestrel chick
Kestrels incubate their eggs for 30 days on average, and so I am expecting the eggs to hatch from today, May 10th. These will hatch at two day intervals.
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*Burung hantu dan burung gagak'*
بقاله
Jackdaw is real
GANGSTER
The way she looked at the butterfly! Glad you added that little moment! 8:27
It was so cute 🥺👀
@@shaunpereira6461 surely she was thinking to eat it
I was thinking "Oh, so you're going to attack me next?"
...I'm a little on edge lol
If you look closely you can see the butterfly has a knife
@@beluga8956 🤣
That father bird really said ,” hold my snake” and went after them 😂
Hahahaha
It was a lizard 🦎
"Hold my lizard*"
Damn, you beat me to it.
@@saintly8286 😂
I really appreciate your kind gesture of reorganizing the eggs. Normally, a cameraman wouldn't intervene, thinking that it is just nature. However, we are also a part of nature and can surely lend a helping hand. Thanks for doing that and lots of love from India!
Kestrels are in decline in the UK so it's important to help conserve them when appropriate
Disagree. He should have never intervened
@@youpeoplearemorons um I think you should help ENDANGERED SPECIES
@@youpeoplearemorons I see a lot of projection going on with your user name, I do hope you can get some help with that. Cheers!
I agree with you.
8:26
Kestrel: " *content humming* "
Butterfly: *exists*
Kestrel: "AH! Who are you?!"
Hahahaha
whomst you?
2:43
Barn Owl: "Anybody Home?"
Kestrel: "Yes go away!"
Barn Owl: "Oops sorry ma'am."
"understandable, have a great day" situation
it's me when someone wants to use the bathroom when it's obviously locked
ua-cam.com/video/77dM2LScUzA/v-deo.html
2:36
Kesmom : "FAKAF"
Owl : "k bye"
"Here's how the egg laying process began."
Male Kestrel: *Sets down wine, cranks up the tunes*
LOL UNDERRATED COMMENT
*Closeup shot of female kestrels puckered cloaca*
If the bird didn't come back, the guy would probably sit on eggs himself.
Lmao
Lol
Lmfao
😄😄😄🤣🤣
No uh, no he wouldn’t
I love how you intervene and provide help whenever the animals need it. Please don’t ever stop doing that 🙏🏼❤️ This is my new favorite channel. Helps me relax and smile and stay positive despite going through misery in my personal life. Thank you for that!
I dont know you and I dont know what you going through.
But I just wanna say I sincerely wish you the best. Im going through a tough time as well. Lets not give up and overcome our hardships. Spread our wings like these birds and fly towards our goals.
Have a wonderful day, sister.
Oh my heart, what a Story 😰 Protecting six eggs seems like a really tough job 🥺
YEA TRY BEING A BIRD
Natural selection... undeniable.
I have two jackdows coming to my balcony everyday but they are scaried away by my two pigeons
Most young of every species are killed by predation in the wild
Living amongst people taking away my freedom because they can't think for themselves is definitely a lot tougher than being a bird
What an impressive fight Mama Kes gave that Jackdaw!
Kiss me baby
Should have finished it off once and for all.
What an impressive fight mama jackdaw gave the fat mama Kes
@@nathanielmiller5813 ಠ_ಠ
@@nathanielmiller5813 You are down ASTRONOMICALLY lmao
1:42 when male come and check his egg, "Man I'm Father Now!"
ever heard the expression don't count your eggs until they've hatched?
Never knew these birds went through so much when nesting. Wow! They're my new heros!
this channel deserves more fame and views
That’s kind thanks 😊
Absolutely. I live near Robert's studio and intend to visit when restrictions end. My retirement present from the Physics department was one of his pictures of a Barn Owl and I want to add to it. He's an amazing artist.
2 1/3 million! Views in a month ... Not too shabby
I did visit, and it's a great place. Very friendly and in a beautiful location.
I left with rather less in my bank account and a beautiful picture to hang in my hall.
I mean some people have the fear of birds ornithophobia and im one of them im trying to get rid of my fear
When your high and watching this is honestly a mood
Me
lfmao
When you're high and watching this is honestly freezing
Same
Yup
What a beautiful family. A nurturing mother, a responsible father, raising the babies. This is how a family should be.
The automatic captions interpreted "kestrels" as "casseroles" and I about peed myself laughing!
Okay.
@@pffilms2522 trash comment by a trash channel
@Spider-AS trash comment by a trash channel
ua-cam.com/video/77dM2LScUzA/v-deo.html
a little tmi but i thought it was funny too
The eggs look like dragon eggs out of some movie, straight magical.
@@gohom3882 Quail?
“Son, what’re you watching?” “Just a bunch of dinosaurs fighting over eggs” “What?? Lemme see”. Then Dad and I watched four videos together.
@Melanie Aprube THE KOMODO DRAGON
I'm glad to be the person to have the honor of giving this phenomenal comment its 100th like
Then he still says you're grounded and takes away your allowance while letting out a long disappointed exhale as he walks out
Ah yes, the Dad. I totally know how to share good memories with a dad because I totally had a dad myself
7:59 looking at camera straight : "did you organize my eggs? Thanks bro"
Edit : Thanks bro
Thanks. Wait where my waibird at of course cheating with a cameraman.
What are you doing Camera Bro?
Organize*
Thanks, Robert. It's always a thrill seeing your work with all the learning that goes with it. I love this series and kudos to your patience, dedication, and commitment. Keep it going.
You are very welcome
What a story, thank you REF for this amazing (and scary) update let's hope those little chicks start popping out soon ♡
Cant wait!
Can't get too upset with the jackdaw, corvids are highly intelligent and will always cut corners for an easy meal.
Corvids are brutal but definitely my favorite
Times must be tough if risking the claws of an angry raptor is an easy meal.
@@HFTYKCK All smart animals are. Asides maybe elephants they are sweeties. (Ironically the most physically dangerous)
@@evandugas7888 realy? thats not true. there are at least 10 more dangerous things like elephant
or do you live in a dream world? are you afraid of stoned and houses too?
since when do elephants hurt people? i thought ppl are afraid of tigers , lions , krokodiles, rhinos, ecetera, wolfes , even dogs ! ,
only because an elephant is big , id doenst mean its DANGEROUS , physically dangerous, wht is that bullshit? you mean physically dangerous like a big stone? like , if that stone crushed you you would die ? because its heavy? like physically dangerous like a blue whale? and so on? like a tank is physically dangerous when it drives over you
@Calex Us All animals can be. I more mean how they behave in a social situation normally. With the exception of lone males elephants tend to be social and try to avoid aggression with other groups. They are herbivores. Chimps have literal wars, the dolphin family as a whole can be warlike (Look at killer whales). I will say I don't think parrots are overly aggressive to my knowledge.
(In conclusion Elephants rarely attack unprovoked and normally treat other animals and each other decently well.)
2:41
Made me laugh how the birds were like
🦉: oh hello there
🦅: get out of HERE!!!
😂😂😂😂
I love birds. Such dedicated parents, skilled flyers/runners, floofy and cute, just amazing living dinos we have
"I love birds..." I suggest you avoid /r/NatureIsMetal then
I have 4 birds and live near the wood
Some birds are lazy.
Laughs in parasitic nesting birds.
Birds have nothing to do with dinosaurs. That's another lie of the devil who is " the author of confusion."
Oh wow I didn't know about the really bad fight between Ms. Kes and the Jackdaw! Fingers crossed for a successful hatching for 6 babies🤞🏻 What a wonderful video! Thank you for all that you do Robert Fuller🤗
ua-cam.com/video/K-yzxULbA8I/v-deo.html follow my live stream for updates - so far 3 eggs have successfully hatched.
What a wholesome, pure guy. We need more people like you man
That’s life
A bird lives on worms
While other bird live on others eggs
To that butterfly: „ wAnT sOmE, tOo ??!?“
Oh my word poor Mrs Kes! Thank you so much for sharing such wonderment!
8:28 Thankfully Mrs Kes did not harm that butterfly..
*you watch it butterfly! One flap closer to my nest and your my lunch!*
@@rattings9121 Yep, protective Mom! 👀💪
Beautiful work. Video, editing, quality. Thank you for preserving these beautiful creatures, God's creations.
5:54
“Hello is this house for sale-“
“GTFO!!”
Lol
Jackdaws are persistent and do not give up easily.
Sad to see that the female kestrel has so much stress.
She need more support from her partner, but she is strong and kick the Jackdaw out, after the battle.
Hope she get more rest after all. You are so sweet to help to re-arrangethe Eggs. ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Thank you so much for your great Work and for sharing your precious Video with us.♥xxoo♥
Wow, Mrs Kes is fierce! Thanks REF for fixing the nest for Mr and Mrs Kes. Let's hope that all the eggs hatch :)
ua-cam.com/video/K-yzxULbA8I/v-deo.html you can follow the story on my live stream - 3 eggs have hatched so far
Briefly scuffs the dirt “Well, nest is done”
It's was so heartbreaking when the mother bird left her eggs due to frustration, but later returned home after seeing her eggs intact again. Thanks for the help! 👍💕💖🐦🌿
Just Amazing...Thank You Robert for enabling us to watch so much exciting material on your cameras.
This one really touched the heart strings - Mr and Mrs Kestral love their eggs and they certainly stood
their ground with the unwanted visitors. I am just in the process of ordering a Barn Owl print for an upcoming Birthday for someone. The hardest part is knowing which one to choose..😊x
If you need any assistance please do ring the Gallery and one of my colleagues will be able to help.
Survival can be so hard won when it comes to nature. Amazing footage! Hope everything goes well for the kestrel family.
ua-cam.com/video/K-yzxULbA8I/v-deo.html You can watch my live stream - 3 eggs have hatched so far
You are a very bad woman, you don't think a singular second about the poor hungry jackdaws
@@crocodilefirst would you let an animal eat any of your family? Im sure you would, after all you would think of the poor hungry animal huh
8:29 🦋:No no no I'm only harmlessly flying
You must have been gutted you didn’t get that fight on film. I’m not sure my heart could have taken the drama though lol. What an amazing story. Thank you for filming, commentating and sharing it!
He is so aware of these birds all types and his knowledge is advanced and the fact he was aware of the younger male being from another place is just incredible. That's true dedication. Hats of to you my man great footage and even better is your care and love for these beautiful birds of prey. Cheers my man.
It's two types of birds chill
@@chickenj90 You chill I can say what I think and he helps more than two types of birds if you watch his channel you will see how he cares for these birds. If you think otherwise that's your choice but each to their own.
@@markwhelan9887 OK
Would like to see the chicks hatch. Can't wait. Greetings from Costa Rica
I know fingers crossed any day
ua-cam.com/video/K-yzxULbA8I/v-deo.html 3 eggs have hatched so far - you can see them on my live stream
Hey Cris you live in a beautiful country known for rainforests and abundant wildlife esp birds. Dying to visit CostaRica
Kestrel is so cute. Especially her face
Kee kee the warden is coming
If just wasn't for them being carnivorous birds they would be more appreciated.
Kestrels are so beautiful! I can see why you wanted to paint them.
Fascinating as always superb footage
Thank you so much, I do enjoy all your work.
As I always say, Nothing is more badass than a mom defending her kids.
Thanks for intervening and saving those eggs! A lot of other people would give the whole classic line of , "I don't intervene with nature". Thing is , man is apart of nature. Good on you m8!
Depends on how and why we help. This was cool. But others aren’t.
Yeah it really depends tbh
Nice
I didn't know whether to watch the video or not. I did it, always with my finger on the stop button. I don't like to see blood in fights. But the video was well done and only touched on the bad scenes. My heart beat for Mrs. Kes. I'm glad nothing happened to her, Mr. Kes or the eggs. Although the jackdaws have to eat too. Still, I was on the kestrel's side. Thanks for the exciting (eggsighting) video and I hope we will see kestrel chicks today.
My thoughts exactly Dagmar my heart was beating fast at the thought of all those battles, even though it's true all animals have to eat x
ua-cam.com/video/K-yzxULbA8I/v-deo.html 3 eggs have hatched so far - you can follow them on my live stream
@@RobertEFuller Good morning REF. I know this :-) I'm your mod and wrote about the 3rd egg earlier this day. HAGD and take care.
I’ve always been fascinated by these majestic birds.
so cute when the male sees the first egg for the first time he’s ready to be a father
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Kestrels are very brave and strong for their size. Im watching these birds from 2017 every year. They have to fight barn owls, tawny owls, little owls, many kinds of smaller corvids they even have to fend off large raptors like Buzzards, Harriers etc. dive bombing them from the air until they flew away. They have succes aprox in 90% of times. They are very intelligent also these are the reasons why they are so succesful and numerous in Europe.
The reason for this is because kestrels have approximately 3 iq points more than other birds thusfore increasing their ability, speed and smarts by 2 points. They only struggle with larger birds and animals that have any more than 3 strength points and 1 self restore in their inventory.
Awesome Robert video thanks.
I appreciate the effort being taken to show us the amazing experience. Thank you
Kestrels were a common sight when I was young it’s because of this bird that I got interested in ornithology at the age of 7 , I found that my love for birds was distracted in my senior years at school and after a crazy time as a young adult I decided to visit my old stomping grounds of my youth and to my horror the kestrels had disappeared, that was back in the 90s and to this day I still haven’t witnessed a kestrel in the wild even after living in many different places around the UK . Now I’m living in North Wales and I hope to see this beautiful bird once more , thanks for sharing as seeing the adult birds and the eggs gives me tingles all over !!
Oh wow.
Now i know who made the two dislikes !!! >>> the jackdaw pair ! >D
can’t see video on my iphone
@@robertbroughton8812 police
It's 136, so a family
Beautiful place, Beautiful birds, beautiful video.👍
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Aww how cute they both are 🥰
I was struck by the shot of Mrs Kes watching the butterfly toward the end. Beautiful. Crossing my fingers that all six eggs hatch!
Great video and thank you for helping with the eggs.
Got everything on camera except the actual 'brutal fight' 😆😅 I KNOW the guy was probably like , " *SERIOUSLY* ?! *FML* !!"😡🤬😤🤬😠😡😤🤬
yes I wanted to see that fight aswell
Lol right 🤣
Papa Kestrel "Hold my snake!" [Kicks the crap out of a jackdaw.]
Hold my lizard...are ya blind lol
@@PauluzP don't be that guy.
Thanks for another interesting and lovely video Robert E Fuller ! Poor Kes couple to have to fight so hard , I hope all 6 eggs will hatch
ua-cam.com/video/K-yzxULbA8I/v-deo.html 3 eggs have hatched so far - you can follow the story on my live stream
love your channel! You are such a handsome man! The kestrels are just so beautiful. what an inspiration for my art work!🦌💌❤️🦉🇨🇦☕️🙏🕊🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶
Handsome - that makes me chuckle
That was quite the epic. I can’t believe none of the eggs were damaged during the fight (and especially the exit afterward); wish more of that were filmed.
There’s just something so magically charming about the English countryside I cannot help but feel an ancient stirring in me deep down inside, to be brought there w/ such a beautiful, brilliant video. Hard to describe, but certainly to the channel’s creator, well done sir, thank you! 🙏🏻 🏆
Happy to say that all 6 eggs hatched and the chicks all fledged successfully
Your story telling is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us for the world to see and appreciate.
Such beauty.Thank you for this amazing story. Mama only has one thing on her Beautiful mind.
Main thought: where are all the butterflies gone
I love watching your video, i love birds 🐦 💖💖💖
Thank you for your conservation efforts, keen and timely observations and action where needed, otherwise just leaving nature to it.
Lovely content. Never appreciated kestrel so close but always fond of seeing them
What fantastic footage! Thank you for making this widely available.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video and they’re just beautiful birds. Thanks 👍🏻
What an amazing episode. Action packed.
Thank you for these amazing videos!!! They’re not only entertaining, but so relaxing and informational!
I love Kestrels. Thank you for this amazing video.
awesome
Interesting how when incubating, the female kestrel always steps a foot in the middle of the batch. Maybe for good centering when laying on them.
غغخعخ
We have one family of kestrels very close to our block. I don't know where they are raising their chicks, but they are a beautiful sight to see in my town.
Fantastic! Watching wildlife and being out in it is one of the greatest pleasures of life. Ever since I was a kid most every day I've been out and about. Thanks for this..........and great life lessons too. Kestrels like every other creature has to fight for the right to live. It's why there is strength and beauty. No lies and no police. No nonsense. Very honest and very pure.
Don’t mess with mama kestrel! Amazing videos, Robert. ☺️
She’s fierce - although the new mrs kes at ash wood is even more fierce
Yes and don't mess with mama
Patricia,, similar dangerous
What a beautiful British country side , I wish I could have a house there !
I was just going to say the exact opposite, horrible to see all those empty, dry fields absolutely destroyed by mono cropping.
That all used to be a beautiful varied landscape with so many different trees and other plants.
M.G. I hear you, but its still more beautiful than city life. Its probably a stones throw away from woodland walks and nature reserves.
@@m.g.3913 Empty and dry? They're full of crops sprouting, and idk about you but without food, I start to literally die...
@@m.g.3913 Yeah empty and dry… it’s active arable land, both very fertile and full of crops, how the else are you going to get food? Clown
Great work Rob! You've quickly become one of my favourite channels. Your calm delivery is great. Thanks for sharing and caring.
Thanks 😃 keep watching loads more to come
This was better than National Geographic & discovery channel 💟
He's a great husband ☺️
And she's a remarkable mother 🤍
The guy who rearranged the eggs: awesome uncle 😎
Mr krest is the finest dad n partner
Cool, that the narrator helped the bird parents, wit the scattered eggs laying around, so that the mother bird can cover all eggs with her body heat!
gorgeous footage beautiful falcons
Mother bird "Help"
Father bird "Hold my lizard"
I LOVE nature, and hope to be able to narrate eye-capturing documentaries like yours some day!! I have a voice like James Earl Jones, and i'm itching to put it to good use someday!
@Misplaced 0 Thank you very much!!
Do it soon my brother...I was just pondering how wonderful it would be for blacks to embrace nature once again like their beautiful ancestors.
Nature is awesome.
Thanks for these shots, Rob.
God bless you.. 👍
Hi, Had a lovely outing to your gallery and chose the Barn Owl sitting on a post. Went down a treat and now has pride of place on the wall. I'm sure this is only the start of our collection...The detail is truly amazing 👍🙂x
So glad you came for a visit. So glad you love my prints.
My dear Mum is just like that Kestral - a fighter. !
Extraordinaria defensa ante depredadores y felicitación por el apoyo al desarrollo de estas útiles aves. Desde Chile, saludos
I’m so glad you intervened.
thank you pal I love this your dedication is why
This video goes to show that the animal kingdom isn’t much different to us humans
5:17 Lizzard is like: 'hnnnnn dayymm so this is valhalla..'
Goedemorgen Lieve Natuurvriend E Fuller dank je wel prachtig deze opname van deze schitterende roofvogel prachtig opgenomen en .n supermooi landschap met .n prachtig muziekje erbij .. geniet weer van .n bijzonder mooi en zomers nieuw weekje met lieve groet Stien Ven xxx🦉🪶💖🙏🌈🌞🌏💖
Beautiful narration - THANK YOU!!