New male who I've named Colin gave us a miss over Xmas & New Year's day so was very pleased to see him this afternoon, giving me a reason to start new thread in the hope there's some romance this year!
Grim & grey day here so light was bad for pics @ almost 15.00
Resolution in vid was a great improvement ... he looks almost too pretty to be a boy!! Trademark ending though ... start as you mean to go on!
2013 photos & vids here
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The exiting kestrel had left the feathers on the eggs:
Lots of trouble with the colours on that one, and then they go and look different after upload :-/
IMAGICAT
Lot to learn
gaynorsl said:Still beautiful though :-)
They are mesmerising :-*
A couple of straight snaps:
First, the sitter must have dozed deeply (if that's not a contradiction in terms) because it didn't hear partner coming:
Then the cam zoomed while one was preening in the entrance, but it didn't clear well enough until the return:
9 AM this morning and a little hint as to what is underneath. 2 eggs hatch.
Had a look back & could just make out a chick very briefly & this eggshell bottom right corner
Super views now of four adorable chicks being fed ... Just adorable!
Wendy !!! If it hadn't been for your video popping into my Inbox "last night" (according to my timetable ;) ) I'd still be ignoring the kestrels, having somehow got the 28th in my head as hatch day I was packing up, totally exhausted, so it had to wait...
We've still got one egg to go, am wondering if we'll find it hatched?
Given that the prey item looked long and slim, I wonder if it was a mustelid? (I'm only using a posh word because I can't tell the difference between stoats 'n weasels.)
Four ickle heads ;)
MrsK went out and got prey, eyases waited (FF) - they don't bobble as well as osplets do ;) Unedited feed, in case anyone wants to study closely: