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American Kestrels - Italy / Birdcam (Rebecca)
maggieblue:
An adult is back. I think that it is Rebecca and she seems to have food. She was around while the people were at the nestbox but no sign of Nembo. The chicks must be full as they are not begging for food. It appears that the humans left several mice behind as well so hopefully Rebecca will use them to feed the chicks. Think good thoughts here. :)
carly:
They are very young TPC, they just hatched last week I think? Not more than 10 days old I would think....Maggie can correct me if I'm wrong.
Rebecca was just back and now she's off...cam is on and off for me!
The Peregrine Chick:
Actually a single bird cannot feed that many chicks unless they are old enough to not require protection from predators/weather. If they were close to fledging, she might be able to pull it off because she could spend her time hunting for herself and the chicks. None of them would be very well fed, but they could probably all make it. Anything younger and its impossible for her to be able to meet everyone's needs, chicks would definitely be lost.
As for hand-feeding the chicks at the nestsite, neat idea, great that they have the access to the nest, required food, and expertise! With luck the chicks are old enough not to imprint on the people rather than Mom. I'll be very interested to see what happens .... Oh and by the way, that's a feeding every 4 hours day and night folks!!
carly:
Grrr..can't get the cam anymore. Well at least we know they are being taken care of. Must be hard to be a single parent bird and have 5 mouths to feed...gees. I hope Rebecca will be okay and hasnt' gone out looking for Nembo and falls victim to whatever Nembo did :'(
allikat:
I'm also very happy that someone decided to interveen. Help out those you can't ask for it. :D
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