[cobirds] Young fledgling kestrels, and owls, climbing trees

On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:13 AM, R Carol Cushman <r.cushman@colorado.edu> wrote:

A few months ago there were several posts regarding birds using their wings to climb trees. This morning I watched a just-fledged kestrel use its wings to help it climb up a cottonwood trunk.

In addition to the young American Kestrel fledgling I reported on July 29 as climbing a tree with assistance of wing flapping, I observed a very young Western Screech-Owl do the same a few days ago.  It is documented that fledgling Western Screech-Owls and other species of owls do but still haven't found anything documented on American Kestrel with Ruth Cushman's observation the only other I have seen.

I wonder if this may be a case of selective observation.  That is, we all focus very carefully on any baby owl we find but maybe we are less studious in our observation of baby kestrels??

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/
Personal blog @ BirdsAndBlooms.blogspot.com

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