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Kestrels are doing great. I have banded over 200 youngsters so far for 2009!

Chick # 1 was flying as of Saturday and # 2 and # 3 were flying as of Yesterday.

Youngest one is still in nest but will go soon also.

The past four years this is the same time all the young of this nest fledged!

2 and 2 and 3 and now 4 young.

One day before Fathers day, right on target with other years!

I have been banding young Kestrels for the past 10 days now. Many were ready to fledge but some still have to hatch out. What a funny year this is. MORE TO COME….

I have been blessed with so many nesting Kestrels this year. I am doing a run now checking all boxes for egg counts and see just who is nesting. I have found ‘05 to ‘8 Kestrels nesting. The ‘05 K is very special to me, I trapped here on 1-1-2006 at PPL area. This female has nested every year so far and fledged many young. This year she is on 6 eggs! I have handled this Kestrel every year and it is so rewarding to me that she is still with us. Since I trapped and banded her in ‘06 in Jan. I do not know her real age. I’ll continue to check all the boxes and will have a report to all on my findings.

The Portland Bald Eagles are doing great. I was out to the nest site this past Tuesday and all four youngsters are very active. If you have not stopped to see them, please do so. We are not sure if this is a PA record for 4 young.

More to come…

Birdman paul

Kestrels are down on eggs, GHO’s are ready to band. RT’s all on eggs, Pine Siskin’s still here in my yard ( are they nesting here?).

Turkey hunting some mornings and enjoying the time in the woods with many things to see and hear.

No Hummers in my yard yet. Soon I hope.

Weather is going to be wet for a few days now.

BirdmanPaul

Trout were bitting at lake Minsi and Ospreys were putting on how well they can fish to. I enjoyed 3 hours on the wall fishing. I watched 4 Ospreys dive and catch trout. No eagles visited the lake when I was there. All the other days we had up to 3 Bald Eagles also fishing the lake.

Great Horned Owls are really getting big now. Redtails are all sitting tight and almost every Kestrel box I have in my study area has a pair.

The PPL Peregrines at PPL M.C. power plant has 4 eggs as of this past monday. No word on the PPL downtown pair that nested last year.

I did see a single Pewregrine at Delaware Water gap earlier this week perched on the PA side.

Also the Golden Eagle was again feeding on a deer kill at PPL M.C. area.

I am still netting/banding Pine Siskin’s and Gold Finches in my yard. I do not think they’ll ever stop.

Blue Birds and Tree Swallows are everywhere. I have a few 100 Boxes now so I’ll be busy banding alot of young this year.

Turkey hunting season is only a week away and I’ll be out enjoying the early mornings as the sun More to come….

Paulcomes up.