Well yesterday the first of the birds took the plunge and today I arrived to see all four youngsters out of the nestbox, although it would appear that some of the birds had taken to this new flight lark better than others...
Bird 1 had made the heady journey of about 8 feet to a girder in front of the entrance to the nestbox...
Certainly a better effort than that of Bird 2 who must of thought 'if I can't stay inside the box, I'll stay on top of it'...
It took me a while to spot Bird 3, in fact it was only when Bird 2 shuffled along the top of the box that the very nervous looking Bird 3 came into view, having been well hidden by his sibling...
Bird 4 was by far the most accomplished flyer. He had managed to fly out of the box through the arches and right up to the dizzying heights of the top of the viaduct...
In fact Bird 4 just oozed confidence and was happily flying around all over the place, toing and froing between the nestbox and the many perching spots around the viaduct...
Although now fledged, these Kestrels have no hunting skills and will still be very dependant on their parents for at least a couple of weeks yet...Hopefully giving me chance to see how they progress as flyer's as their confidence grows.
Continuarei acompanhando a história e as fotos! ;)
ReplyDeleteO seu trabalho realmente é apaixonante!
Parabéns!
Beijos.