First foot!! And a somewhat bloody foot it was too, must have just eaten!!
This Kestrel came in very noisily this morning - looks female to me - must have been announcing her arrival to any interested parties... first poor pic in pouring rain, very hurriedly snatched in case she flew off
Better ones to follow, extracted from vid but still somewhat blurry
Now the vid
That's it!!! When she flew off I could hear her quite clearly circling & calling loudly but did not land anywhere else (I was running like a loon from window to window to doors!) A while later I had sight of a Kestrel flying along the treetops over the airport side but nothing since ... watch this space!!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
So well done WENDY - super captures and a truly lovely video
Very nice Wendy. She seemed to be sizing you up in the video before flying off.
Paul
My bird photos HERE
She was back again at lunchtime today & sitting in front of the nest hole ... looking hopeful!!
Funny light & definitely will have to lose those branches (somewhat inaccessible though!)
This vid has a very rocky start but it gets better...
Just wish Mr K would put in an appearance - am getting concerned!!
Hi Wendy, Congratulations on Mrs. Kestrel! Hope Mr. K appears, too. Looking forward to more photos over the year. For any new Kestrel lovers, perhaps you could add a link on this thread to your previous Kestrels in the Quarry thread since you have so many lovely pics and videos there (or are they all included in your footnote link of 'my photos here'?)
Kind regards, Ann
Thanks folks for your continued interest!
GB, good idea to link the threads as any videos from last year are not on my Flickr but are available on YouTube if one subscribes - be warned though as there are many!!!
However, I cannot do posh links & will have to throw myself on the tender mercies of my friend D ... Can you hear me all the way up there in Sheffield land???
Thanks B_r_n, I will give it a go (when I'm feeling strong) .. Last time I tried to add something it wouldn't post & the answer was that I have to delete Flickr link then start over again & only managed to do that with D guiding me every step of the way!!! Shame about getting old Lol!
Brilliant start to this new thread Wendy and nice to see a new Mrs. K arrive ..........now if only we can arrange that blind date with Mr. K and we'll be set for an interesting springtime. She looks a magnificent bird ..... errrr .... with a very large gob by the looks of it lol Hope Mr. K, when he arrives, has a good set of ear muffs !!
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Regards, Hazel
Thanks B_r_n, will try in morning when on PC, am in bed using Nexus tablet just now comfortably catching up on postings but can't do any fancy manouvres on it!
Thanks Wendy. Here's hoping for a successful 2014.
Mr K, where are you !!!!
I have saved the link to your last thread.
Your new link works. Great.