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Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

MD · Jun 5, 2015 14:24

Trix ..... that's exactly right ... it is what it is. I keep telling myself that as I get older I must be gaining wisdom. You'd think ...... but it just doesn't seem to be working out that way. :))) Thanks Teo.

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

Teo West · Jun 5, 2015 14:15

Trix.......I stopped complaining about being old when I decided that it's better than the other option.

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

trix abound · Jun 5, 2015 13:45

thank you Teo....i must have misread the statement....i hate being old :) ...but it is what it is!!!

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

Teo West · Jun 5, 2015 13:41

Outdoor Nebraska's website says the box is the same as a wood duck box from which they got the plans. There are instructions for building your own bir box on their site. I think your buddy Joel is right.

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

trix abound · Jun 5, 2015 13:39

MD...Joel may have borrowed the nest box from a waterfront!!!!

Ł@weczka internetowa (Internet Bench) — Gdansk, Poland

Bluebottle · Jun 5, 2015 13:27

http://89.231.4.134:8091/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=640x480&text=0&dummy=1433510606243 Another Bench

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

MD · Jun 5, 2015 13:12

Well researched. ..... the smallest of America's water fowl. Ages ago I actually looked up this place on Google maps. I can't remember seeing any water nearby. My only experience of water fowl was of families of them on a canal at Wednesfield, Wolverhampton. They made nests in t...

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

trix abound · Jun 5, 2015 12:57

here we go....the female can weigh as little as 6 ounces!!!! Female green-winged teal can weigh as little as six ounces, making them the smallest of North America's waterfowl. The smallest of the geese is Branta hutchinsii minima , the bird formerly known as the cackling Can...

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

trix abound · Jun 5, 2015 12:51

yes, thank goodness!!!

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

trix abound · Jun 5, 2015 12:50

MD....here is a small duck.... http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bufflehead/lifehistory makes me wonder what Joel was smoking that day!!!!

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

MD · Jun 5, 2015 12:44

LOL!!!!! That sounds about right. Are you getting some me-time?

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

trix abound · Jun 5, 2015 12:34

i know what you mean....maybe he built it for ducks then realised his mistake ;D

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

MD · Jun 5, 2015 11:48

Hmmm. A duck box? These kestrels are small ... males weigh between 2.8oz to 3.7oz, females - 3.5oz to 4.2oz. When they sit in the opening .... they fill it. I tried to find the weight of ducks and they all seemed to be weighed in pounds. I've found this link to light ducks. htt...

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

trix abound · Jun 5, 2015 11:28

LOL....tail cramp....Joel said in one of his blogs that this used to be a duck nest box....now that would have been a full house, for sure!!!!

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

MD · Jun 5, 2015 11:12

I put that comment and she turned round completely. Her tail had been upright against the far wall.

Kestrel Cam — Lincoln, United States

MD · Jun 5, 2015 11:11

Good morning Trix. I wonder if Molly gets tail-ache sitting like this.