Benicia Kestrels

Both Kestrel parents are now feeding the chicks using the “toss & fly” method, throwing prey into the box and immediately taking off, letting the chicks begin to learn to process the prey on their own. So, the most developed (and largest) chick is often outcompeting the others, getting most of the food resources. However, near mid-day I did catch one occasion when one of the smaller chicks was feeding and the other chicks were quite disinterested — hopefully indicating that they were all so well fed that they weren’t hungry.