Two New Year Wishes ... firstly that Mr K visits tomorrow to start our year off right!
... secondly that a beautiful female appears to sweep Mr K off his feet & into that nest hole!
Thanks for all your support & encouragement during this past year ... 2018 thread here ... https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196252/kestrels-in-the-quarry-201
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Is this Mr K? ... obviously moulting & looking even more scruffy in strong breeze (hence sound muted) ... can't make my mind up even though showing all the usual traits!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Still querying if this male is Mr K ... perched on cliff @ 09.05 this morning ... video action failed but fortunately had a couple of pics ...
This one taken from aborted vid
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Regards, Hazel
It's nice to see a Mr K ... whoever he is but you're going to have to decide sooner or later who he is. We can't keep having a questionable Mr K If it is a new one though I'm not sure Mr K2 sounds right ... more like a mountain.
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I feel that this Kestrel who visited twice on 26th for a long time is a new male ... what strikes me most is the pristine state of his feathers, as if nearing completion of first moult, & his noticeable white eyebrows??
First visit @ 08.16, was there til gone 10.00 but didn't get the fly-off
Bit of a long vid but good views of his feathers as he preens
Slowed down clip
Came back with prey @ 12.46
So many flies in the heatwave conditions
He hopped up to a higher ledge & perched for another long time ... no fly-off again as 32Gb card was full to bursting! Lol