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24th Kestrel nest box
24th Kestrel nest box ABOVE: 24th Kestrel nest box mounted on March 22, 2003. This is on a knoll in a corn field in Boyds, MD. I am very grateful to the land owner for allowing me to use this land for my nest box project.

An existing 3+ year old Kestrel nest box is along a driveway on another part of the property. (I don't have photos of that) It looks like it was about 10 years old. A pair of Kestrels was on and around it that day. They are the most tame Kestrels I've ever encountered.

Monitoring notes:
7/21/2004 Whitewashing on roof underside above entrance - evidence of babies. I didn't open the box.
6/30/2005 Whitewashing inside of box but it didn't have the strong odor of a recently used box. A kestrel was peaching about 50' from the box as I approached and it flew away while mkaing an alarm call. It landed in tree on the other side of the field and kept calling.
  Started: 3/22/2003. Last updated: 7/3/2005