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11th Kestrel nest box site

ABOVE: Kestrel Falcon nest box site #11, mounted on 5/18/2002 in Adamstown in Frederick County, MD. It faces east and slightly north. This was actually the first box I was involved with having mounted but after its 1st yr in VA with no Kestrel activity it was taken down and moved to MD. My dad built it. This is between corn and hay fields on a dairy farm. I'm grateful the owner gave me permission to mount the box. April 12, 2003: Someone put a new Kestrel box on the utility pole just visible on the far left of the left photo frame. I was glad to see that. July 22, 2004: No signs of use from this nearby box on a pole but mine had whitewashing.

Monitoring notes:
2003 Didn't check inside of box or the underside of the roof overhang.
7/22/2004 Whitewashing on roof underside above entrance - evidence of babies. I didn't open the box. 3 Kestrels were seen twice just 1/10 of a mile away from the box.
6/30/2005 Whitewashing inside of box but it didn't have a strong odor like recently used boxes do. A Kestrel was either on the box or the tree it is mounted on and flew away as I approached. It made alarm calls as it flew and after it landed on the other side of a field.