Young kestrels cleaning their feathers, video

This video is about young kestrels in a nestbox in the Netherlands.

They are over three weeks of age now, and changing from baby down to adult plumage.

They are cleaning their feathers.

Natuurkieker Coby made this video.

Kestrel nest in Meijendel: here.

Breeding, habitat use and diet of Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, in urban area in Algeria: here.

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