Cette vidéo décrit les différents nichoirs des oiseaux de Théding pour la saison 2021 et dévoile la nouveauté de l'année :
une nouvelle caméra extérieure qui permet de filmer les faucons en journée et les chouettes la nuit. Fixée sur une perche placée dans un arbre en face des nichoirs aux faucons/chouettes, de haute qualité, étanche, programmable, motorisée, avec un micro extérieur et un zoom optique puissant (10 mm to 1500 mm), elle nous permettra de suivre ce qu'il se passe à l'extérieur et aux alentours des nichoirs. Visitez la galerie en cliquant sur le lien ci-dessous pour connaître tous les détails des installations.

C'est la nouveauté de l'année : une caméra perchée de haute qualité vidéo, étanche, programmable, motorisée, avec un micro extérieur et un zoom optique puissant x20 (10 mm à 1500 mm). Elle est fixée dans un arbre en diagonale de l'entrée du nichoir des chouettes. Elle sera dirigée vers les faucons pendant la journée (et vers les chouettes durant la nuit).

Quand les faucons ne sont pas là, les autres oiseaux dansent. On espère revoir les crécerelles bientôt.

Les faucons sont de retour au nichoir depuis le 30 mars, et c'est madame qui a exploré le nichoir la première, suivie par monsieur.

Un 3ème faucon est arrivé le même jour que notre couple. Est-ce un jeune de l'année dernière ? Une autre femelle ? Ou un mâle avec son plumage de juvénile ? Les 2 membres du couple mais surtout la femelle, persuade cet intrus de s'éloigner du nichoir. (31/03)

Le 02 avril, madame crécerelle rejoint le nichoir au coucher du soleil et y reste jusqu'au lendemain matin

La vie est dure avec les voisins pour conserver son territoire. Ici, une corneille poursuit la femelle jusqu'au nichoir. Heureusement, les cris dissuasifs de la femelle auront découragé la corneille. (10/04)

Le mâle apporte des proies à la femelle pour lui montrer l'emplacement du nid. Mais parfois, il aime jouer au "jeu de la souris" : il appelle la femelle, mais ne lui donne pas la proie tout de suite. C'est amusant ! (10/04)

Une semaine plus tôt qu'en 2020, le premier œuf a été pondu le 13 avril vers 12h30. Le mâle vient rapidement le voir.

Un œuf sera pondu tous les 2 jours jusqu'à 5 ou 6. Pour cette deuxième ponte survenue le 15 avril avant 15h, la réaction du mâle à la fin de cette vidéo est étonnante ! (15/04)

Les chouettes effraies nichent à moins de 10 mètres d'ici, et, quelques fois, elles passent sur le perchoir des crécerelles. Dans cette vidéo, elle essaie même d'entrer dans le nichoir, mais le faucon ne laisse pas faire... (17/04)

Since the return of the hawks, a 2nd female has come very close to the nest box. Here she followed the male to the roost, but was chased away by the legitimate female who was in the nest. (20/04)

This video is funny: the male comes to replace the female on the eggs, but he is not yet comfortable with his brooding debut. He gives up quickly, but it will get better later. (20/04)

6 eggs this year! Here are the laying dates: April 1st 13 | 2nd: April 15 | 3rd: April 17 | 4th: April 19 | 5th: April 21 | 6th: April 24th. The female started brooding on April 19th. So the first 4 babies should be the same age and the last 2 will arrive 2 and 4 days later. You can see all the laying dates of the different years by visiting the "history" page: click on the "learn more" button below.

The male lies on the eggs after bringing prey to the female. The future mother eats outside the nest box. (25/04)

More crows near the nest, but here the male knows how to discourage them from leaving by making swooping flights with territorial calls; it's impressive! (27/04)

After 48 hours of "piou-piou" from the shell, the first hawk appeared on the morning of May 18. The low light does not allow for colored lights when the male comes to discover the newborn.
A few moments later, the female is already feeding him with a prey that she is chopping into very small pieces.

1 hour after the first hawk, number 2 and 3 appear, still wet at the exit of the shell. The field was free to zoom in on them during feeding. (05/18)

The three were born this morning, their blankets very dry, they are enjoying this meal, which is particularly pleasant to see with all this tenderness. (05/18)

Number 4 was born during the night of May 19-20, around 1:42 a.m. You can see the egg open in this photo.

A hawk, perhaps the youngest, has been displaced by the female's too-rapid departure. Will he manage to find the others on his own, encouraged by the calls of the male? (20/05)

This video is very amusing: the female leaves the nest box, perhaps to join the male and retrieve the meal. But the male arrives at the nest with a beak full of prey. He delicately offers it to the young 2-day-old hawks, but they are too young to handle it. The prey is deposited and the male leaves. When the female returns, she places the prey in her reserve for later distribution. (20/05)

On the morning of May 21, the 5th egg is hatched. We have plenty of time to admire this newborn as the mother feeds the other 4 hawks. There is still 1 egg left...

May 22, the young are 1 to 4 days old. Today, lizard on the menu. It's dead, but when it's time to move to the tail, it starts to move. A completely normal reflex. In fact, it allows the lizard to divert its predator's attention and escape, here it's too late, but it's funny to watch!

This night was not easy for this female kestrel and her 5 young. In fact, the neighboring barn owl came several times to chase the falcon away.
This fearsome female is looking for a new nesting site to start her second brood, but this mother kestrel won't let any predator come near her nest and her young. (25/05)

Here are 3 funny sequences of the male bringing the prey to the hawks when the female is not around. He must not know that it is still necessary to shred the prey for the young.
Luckily the female knows how to do it (05/28)

The meal is not even finished when the male already brings a new prey. This year the young hawks are well fed, the distribution of food is peaceful. (04/06)

It is the turn of the kestrel to impose its law and attack the owl, forcing it to return to its nest box. (03/06 + 05/06)

A prey left in the nest box by one of the parents becomes a game for the hawks. They fight over it by shooting at each other! Eventually, they are not hungry enough to eat it, so they wait for their mother to return to consume it. (05/06)

A 9-minute video, without cuts, without a big event, but so touching! The female still takes great care in shredding prey to her 3-week-old young. (08/06)

The male is very effective at hunting: he brings a lot of prey, but he does not know how to distribute it to the young, as most males do. The hawks are old enough to kill themselves, but they prefer to wait for their mother to do so. (11/06)

27 days old, the hawks have not yet made their first flight, but they should be able to fly, at least a little. We hope so, because 2 hawks threw themselves out of the nest box in fear during a night attack. The parents will feed them outside if they make it to safety. (06/14)

This night, June 14-15, 2021, there was another attack by a barn owl among the Théding hawks, but this one went wrong. Despite their young age, 2 hawks fled (following the 2 young ones that fled last night). The last one, too young, was killed during the attack. This morning, the kestrels tried to regain control of their nest box, in vain, the pair is present and seems to want to install its second brood there. Once the kestrels are safe in the garden, the parents will return to feed them.

The 4 hawks that took off violently in the middle of the night are doing well. They have been seen in the trees around the nest box. The parents are still feeding. (20/06)

After being attacked by barn owls, the kestrels' nest box is finally abandoned by them. So the kestrels take the opportunity to reinvest by behaving as they did at the beginning of the season: mating, sacrifices, night near the nest. Will there be a second brood (rare but possible)? (29/06)

This young falcon is clever: he comes to shelter from the rain, in one of the niches of the house (07/14)

One month after the early departure of the juveniles. The couple still visits the nest box. No second litter, but we will probably have the opportunity to see them again next spring for a new litter! (07/16)

Probably a youngster of the year who is retracing the footsteps of his birthplace? (07/08)

Here is a summary of the year 2021 of all the birds of Théding (kestrel, barn owl, great tit (2 nest boxes), blue tit and rock pigeon.

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