Horse & Dragon's Kestrel Nesting Box & #KestrelCam
In an effort to help boost declining numbers of kestrels (the U.S.'s smallest raptor), we've partnered with the Colorado Avian Rescue & Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI) to try to attract a nesting pair of kestrels to H&D's back yard in the airpark in the spring of 2019. Here's a picture of the nesting box on the back wall of H&D's brewery warehouse.
There is a Nest camera installed facing straight down in the "ceiling" of the box, with the live feed link below and also on CARRI's website (above link).
Currently (as of November 2019) there is a flicker spending nights in the box. She returns at dusk each day and departs at dawn. CARRI has observed a female kestrel checking the box out, but we've yet to catch her in action while watching the feed at H&D.
There is a Nest camera installed facing straight down in the "ceiling" of the box, with the live feed link below and also on CARRI's website (above link).
Currently (as of November 2019) there is a flicker spending nights in the box. She returns at dusk each day and departs at dawn. CARRI has observed a female kestrel checking the box out, but we've yet to catch her in action while watching the feed at H&D.
Stay tuned next Spring (March/April/May) to see if a kestrel pair decides to nest with us! (If so, we'll brew a beer in their honor. It turns out fermentation takes about the same amount of time as kestrel incubation, so we should be releasing a new kestrel beer about the time the chicks hatch.
For more information on kestrels, check out CARRI's H&D Kestrel Box page.
For more information on kestrels, check out CARRI's H&D Kestrel Box page.