Egg news! Cam went live today! 
Male Kestrel Delivers A Snake Snack To His Mate In The Nest Box ? April 18, 2019
https://youtu.be/m7ctvrH0zxw via cornell lab bird cam
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/58/American_Kestrels/ April 18, 2019Wisconsin Kestrel Cam Goes Live And Female Lays An Egg!The Wisconsin Kestrels are back for a new season, and the female just laid the first egg this morning! Watch a pair of North America's tiniest falcons begin the breeding season in a brand new nest box thanks to our cam partners at the Raptor Resource Project. The new nest box's simplified design will allow viewers to see the kestrels enter and exit as well as provide better coverage of the nestlings as they tramp around. Also, don?t forget to toggle to the outside cam, where you can view the beautiful surroundings and watch the adults bring in prey. The female has just laid the pair?s first egg. Over the next while, you?ll be able to see the male delivering prey to his mate while she incubates. You also might notice the pair engage in bonding rituals, and if we?re lucky, the male will join his mate in the nest box at night. This first egg is right on time, as the female in the box typically starts laying in mid- to late-April. American Kestrels typically lay 4?5 eggs per clutch?laying one egg every other day?so we should expect a few more Easter eggs to arrive in the coming days
The male American Kestrel makes a pit stop to drop off a snake to his mate in the nest box. In addition to reptiles like this snake, kestrels hunt and eat all kinds of arthropods, small mammals, and small passerine birds.
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www.allaboutbirds.org/camsThe American Kestrel cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab or Ornithology and the Raptor Resource Project.
American Kestrels are just beginning to nest in 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.
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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Topic: Wisconsin American Kestrel Cam, RRP & Cornell, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin (Read 3409 times)