Hobbys On Saker Nest Box (Part 2)

[melv16]

The original post has disappeared into the ether.

[melv16]

Spoke too early. Adult came back with what looked like a dragonfly.

[Tilly2]

Such a vulnerable, little thing. :-(

[Tilly2]

A! Missed that. Just seen an adult fly away.

[Tilly2]

I do wish there was playback!

[Tilly2]

What's happening now? Is it being fed?

[melv16]

Both adults on platform briefly. I've seen 3 dragonflies being fed...not very nutritional.

[Tilly2]

Better than nowt!

[melv16]

Do you remember the 'Tiny years' on the Dorset kestrel nest, tilly? We could be in for another one of them.

[Tilly2]

No Melv, I don't. ???

[melv16]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk//Question1762475.html
There's a post by me on the 1st page regarding the kestrels, tilly.

[melv16]

Didn't work:-(

[melv16]

Carrot, you should have been on here a few years ago. Several of us were watching a kestrel cam in Dorset. The runt of the chicks (tiny) managed to survive against all the odds. It was a helter skelter 3 weeks or so. The year after the same happened again and the year after that the female was killed by a peregrine. The male paired up again and succefully raised a brood.
Sadly, that nest isn't filmed any more.
There's a long thread on here about the tiny years, but I can't find it.
Copied and pasted from a thread about 3yrs ago.

[Tilly2]

No, it didn't.

[ladybirder]

One adult with the chick now. No idea if it's been fed though.

[melv16]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk//Question1254042.html
From 10yrs ago.

[Tilly2]

Can't get that post, Melv.

[Radagast]

Is this the link you're after:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals-and-Nature/Twitching-and-Birdwatching/Question1254042.html

[melv16]

Must be doing summat wrong. You feature in that thread, tilly.

[melv16]

Thanks, radagast.

[Tilly2]

That made sad rereading.