In which there are four young kestrels in their city centre nest

[spiralsheep]

The eldest of the four kestrels flew for the first time earlier today. These screenshots from the Worcester peregrines webcam are from a 10 minute period. I decided not to show you the one with the large pigeon leg + foot sticking straight out of the eldest fledgling's beak. /red in beak and claw

Comments

[duowolf]

So cute

[spiralsheep]

Yes, especially cute for carnivorous flying dinosaurs!

http://xkcd.com/1211/

;-)

[with]

Handsome little birds.

[spiralsheep]

While their full-size feathers are growing they seem to spend most of their waking hours preening. :-)

[blackmare]

KESTRELS EEEEE <3 <3 <3

This is fantastic. And I'm sick enough to be really curious about the shot you graciously censored. :-D

[spiralsheep]

\o/

There're more kestrel and peregrine (and occasional owl) photos and vids on facebook, including the obligatory captions such as, "Aw, mum, not pigeon again...." :

https://www.facebook.com/worcesterperegrines

:-)

[thistleburr]

CUTE!

[spiralsheep]

YES!

People use the webcams pointing over the city to take caps of extreme weather and even the recent supermoon. :-)

[turlough]

Awww, the contrast between their mostly-adult backs and faces and the downy heads is adorable.

[spiralsheep]

They have permanent bedhead until their adult feathers are fully grown, hee!

[lark_ascends]

Cuties!!

[spiralsheep]

Yes!

Only the third, and youngest survivor from the brood, left to fly now. ::makes superstitious warding gestures::