Chicks - day 9 kestrel sitting on nest

07:40
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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08:54 being watched
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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08:59 a beetle for breakfast
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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09:00 beginning to be more independent
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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09:16 another beetle
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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09:46 beginning to walk
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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09:48 where has number 1 gone?
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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09:56 yet another beetle
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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10:03 finally substantial food
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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10:04 with mouse
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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10:09 big pieces of food
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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12:33 another mouse
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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13:11 a vole?
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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13:45 another mouse but it wasn't fed to the chicks. I think she flew off and had some then later came back with part of it
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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14:46 I opened up the attic side of the nest
17jul2021, Entre-deux-Eaux, France, kestrel chicks, kestrel nest, Vosges
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202107171448 14:48 Shadow of kestrel approaching the nest

14:48 Shadow of kestrel approaching the nest

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14:52 camera position adjusted showing a mouse in store on the RHS
kestrel chicks
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15:52 the hen returns with food but does not stay and feed the chicks. Unhappy with the moved "birdseye" pan-and-tilt camera (or possibly the noise it made when moved at 14:50)
kestrel chicks
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19:08 The hen finally returns and stays having left about 5 hours ago. Still cautious about the camera, but stays. She'd been flying or resting on poles nearby all the time
kestrel chicks
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19:13 Still cautious, but stays
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