Feeding Time On American Kestrel Cam - June 28, 2018
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2018
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Watch the female kestrel bring in one of many prey items on the day. This time, a nestling bird is parceled out to her nestlings in mere seconds, with the exception of one uncooperative foot. Depending on the size and type of prey, American Kestrels may deliver up to 40 prey items per day to feed a hungry brood.
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The American Kestrel cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab or Ornithology and the Raptor Resource Project.
Four downy American Kestrel nestlings are tucked into 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 began hatching out of their eggs on June 14th, and the remaining egg in the nest is unlikely to hatch at this point. Over the next 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.
Don't miss the outside view! A second camera has been installed to give views of the nest box opening from the outside so viewers can observe the kestrels' comings and goings, as well as the nestlings once they begin peering outside. To toggle between the two camera views, click the "switch camera" icon in the lower right of the livestream player, next to the settings wheel.
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Did you notice how she gave more quantity to the smallest one? Amazing!
What a good mom...no discrimination feeding all of them I've been watching the videos and she tries to give them all food...
Yea great Mum. Goes and raids cousins nest n murders 2nd cousins! Lol. Jk
If we lived in a post apocalyptic time and we had no source of food besides cannibalism. If your mum stole other mums kids and fed them to you she would also be a good mum 👍
Every time I saw a kestrel nest, most the chicks survive. But on an eagle's nest, usually only one left. I feel much better
What a sight. Thanks for the video
by far my most favorite bird nest live stream. Makes me laugh when they're gagging down those hind legs. LOL!
bodhrani jam
I totally agree! They are so cute and funny. And Mom is very hardworking.
It's a nestling-eat-nestling world, out there.
masterpiece! thx
Wonderful video
Amazing!❤️😄❤️
One of the chicks seems to have a few bald areas on her, is that normal?
One chick was so hungry even fighting over food
As much as it hurts to see an animal hunted in the wild and killed, its a beautiful thing to see the mother or father feed its offspring with the rewards of that hunt. Nature is cruel and humble all at once.
Ken Totten nature is selection
subhanAllah
A morte de uns é vida para outros.. É a natureza.!!
What kind of baby bird was that they were eating?
The dead kind
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Вы заметили как нежно, бережно она даёт им пищу своим клювом в их клювики, класс)
3 chicks angry on 1 who is in centre
Esta mãe tem que trabalha muito para alimenta está familia Grande kkkkkk
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What were they eating?
Looked like some kind of songbird
Primera
The prey is actually another baby bird... well, nature...
Title should be kestrel chicks battle over severed head of baby bird
I'm getting real sick of that little one in the front hogging all the food. lol
Tranquil Rabies yes he (or she) was being a spoiled little brat
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Why ? He ‘s the smallest and it looks like his siblings have kicked his ass
He had to fight for survival. He wasn't getting fed before. There's a reason he's the little guy.
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The mother had to kill somebody's baby to feed her babies. That's how cruel nature is. A lioness has to kill other young or weaker animals to feed her cubs. A mother rabbit might have gone looking for food with her babies hidden in a burrow. Suddenly a tigress pounces on her and kills her. Mother rabbit remembers her babies as she dies. :'(
Hhhhhhh💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Closed mouths don’t get fed
Was likely fed earlier in the day.
본인새끼들 밥먹이겠다고
남의새끼 데려다 밥먹이네..
머리속은이해가가는데,
죽은새끼엄마는얼마나슬플까..ㅠ