Welcome, Little Kestrel(s)

I posted a few pictures over on our facebook The Grande Dalles page, but I have little faith that any links I provide actually work, especially from the feedback I’ve received, SO,

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are pleased to introduce you to our newest little kestrel. We were out at the vineyard and Scott pointed out while we were eating lunch that both kestrels (the male and female) were sitting on their box. After he and Sam went off for a tractor ride and some irrigation work, I headed down the hill to check it out. Sure enough, there was a kestrel on the box. But it was a baby. I almost think I heard little squeaks from the box, but being a bit away and with Jack the dog breathing as heavy as a freight train with all his running around, I’m not sure. Supposedly a kestrel clutch is 4-7 eggs, so I cannot believe this little fella or gal is the only one. But here he/she is–one view looking south on greening wheat ground, the other westward on a fallow field, but still the same bird–and I couldn’t be prouder, that this little kestrel life has blessed our ground.

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