Have been visiting the site over the last few days but colder weather meant nothing much happened. Today was a bit better with brief periods of sun.
Female still sat incubating the eggs
Kestrel 2020-61 by tblake2007, on Flickr
Sudden arrival of the male caught me off guard but he turned up with prey. As luck would have it the sun was back behind clouds. The really interesting thing here was that the male had brought a bird for her to eat. This is not something I've seen in all the time I've photographed the birds.
Kestrel 2020-62 by tblake2007, on Flickr
The female was not interested in the prey despite the male offering it to her 3 or 4 times. He may have brought other prey earlier and she wasn't hungry or she just didn't want the bird. He gave up in the end and flew off with it.
Kestrel 2020-64 by tblake2007, on Flickr
Female still sat incubating the eggs
Kestrel 2020-61 by tblake2007, on FlickrSudden arrival of the male caught me off guard but he turned up with prey. As luck would have it the sun was back behind clouds. The really interesting thing here was that the male had brought a bird for her to eat. This is not something I've seen in all the time I've photographed the birds.
Kestrel 2020-62 by tblake2007, on FlickrThe female was not interested in the prey despite the male offering it to her 3 or 4 times. He may have brought other prey earlier and she wasn't hungry or she just didn't want the bird. He gave up in the end and flew off with it.
Kestrel 2020-64 by tblake2007, on Flickr
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