Kestrel Banding Success!

Kestrel Banding Success!

Last month Gaye Oberlin, Cheryl Alfonse, Sally Davidson and others were successful in banding 5 beautiful kestrels, 3 males and 2 females. Tuk from AZGFD estimated they were about 22-23 days old, so they should be fledging from the box...
Volunteers Feed Burrowing Owls During Relocation

Volunteers Feed Burrowing Owls During Relocation

By Gaye Oberlin Did you ever wish that DoorDash would deliver your dinner to your door every night? No shopping, no cooking, no cleaning up, it sounds like a dream come true for some of us! Well, for some lucky Burrowing Owls this is exactly what they came to expect...
American Kestrel Nest Box Project Update

American Kestrel Nest Box Project Update

I am pleased to report that my third year of hosting an American Kestrel nest box was a great success. Right on schedule, a kestrel couple began visiting the nest box in the middle of February. I suspected this was the same couple that used the nest box last year...