A kestrel flies out
Gerrit Jansen writes today on the nature page of the Gelderlander about our sponsored run for the Bird Atlas. He writes about the Kestrel: one of the 20 birds for which we are holding a sponsored run on Saturday 10 September.
With his company Natuurworkshops.nl, he sponsors the €200 for both the Kestrel and the Tree Sparrow, which we try to raise for each bird species. Kestrels breed on his ‘Hemelschen Boomgaard’ in Angeren:
“Our choice for the kestrel fell last Tuesday, because our young fledged then and believe me: Carla and I had to babysit for a day! It would have been better if they had stayed in the nest box for a few more days, then they could have exercised the flight muscles a bit more. Now it was a matter of trial and error. One plopped into an empty flower pot and one on the gravel. With a circumferential movement, I was able to prevent the fluffy youngster from walking on the road. …”
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Photo: Gerrit Jansen
