Wednesday, November 27, 2013

American Kestrel Habitat Incubation Period And Other Facts

American Kestrel: 
Breeds in open country. areas with scattered trees. or woodland edge.Kestrel Nest in a hole a natural cavity or crevice in a tree, a woodpecker hole, or a similar cavity in a building or a rocky or earth bank.Usually 9-32 ft. up. Rarely in the old nest of another bird. Will use nest-boxes.

Kestrel Nest: 
A shallow scrape. No material added other than what is already present.

Kestrel Breeding season:
 Begins early March in the south to late May in the north. May be double-brooded.

Eggs:
 Usually 4-5, sometimes 3-7.Kestrel eggs Short subelliptical to sub elliptical. Smooth and non-glossy. White. creamy or pale pink. with minute speckling tinting the ground color pale buff or pink, with indistinct mottling or fine spotting and occasionally small blotches in reddish-brown or medium brown. Darker tint often concentrated towards one end. 35 x 29 mm.

Kestrel Incubation Period:
Eggs laid at 2-3-day intervals. Incubation mostly by female, the male bringing food and occasionally assisting. 29-30 days.

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