Ian ringing one of the Kestrel chicks
Kestrel chick
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Red Hawks After Breakfast
Red Hawk is an old Lancashire name for the Kestrel, based on the colour of its plumage. Ian and I went to check one of our Kestrel boxes this morning and as Ian popped his head into the box he could see five young. Four out of the five were a good size, but there was one runt that was quite a bit smaller, and this bird wasn't ringed.
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3 comments:
You seem to know what your doing, it is necessary to go ringing types of birds. The Kestrel looks like he/she doesn't mind.
Hi Hairy birder! Thanks for the comment on my bog :-)
You may have read that I have a Kestrel nesting in a box on my patch, unfortunately in a private garden, I suppose the young ( if any) would be about the same age as the ones on your post today ?
Hello Bob and Warren,
You're right Bob it is important to ring birds to build up valuable information tat can be used directly to conserve birds or be used as a basis to formulate conservation policies around.
I imagine your Kestels would be at a similar stage to our Warren, or even a bit further on perhaps due to you being further south than us.
Cheers, Seumus
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