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Eurasian Kestrel - Netherlands / Beleef de Lente
bev.:
this is so sad. the female was in the box yesterday for a bit and was incubating.
I hate confrontation, even though I know this is nature. Maybe the male just decided to find a new site for he and his missus. Just like the raven at Edmonton did.
I will chose to think the best. Still not too late for a second clutch if they do have a new site.
maggieblue:
It doesn't look like good news. It appears that all of the videotapes have been reviewed and that the last time the male was seen was on the evening of the 27th. There is a clip on the site now. There is a final image with words that I don't know the meaning of but it appears that they are assuming that he is dead. :'( I don't know if the female is still around but if she is she hasn't been incubating the eggs. There hasn't been any mention of the jackdaws being around during that time period but it was the day that one of the Kestrels had the confrontation with the dove in the nestbox.
irenekl:
Oh dear.....I was hoping I'd find good news in here.
birdcamfan:
I don't even want to think about that crow coming back.
irenekl:
Yeah, three days is a long time for no sightings of the male and I was wondering too why mama isn't incubating. If there was to be a sixth egg I think it would have been laid by now. Wonder what's going on?? We'll have to settle for never finding out I'm afraid. Still want to stick my hand in that nest box thought and pull out a bunch of those branches. Given that the dove was back in the nest yesterday or the day before makes me wonder whether the dove's and kestrel fought? Didn't someone say a raven poked his head in again a few days ago?
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