Last Kestrel Chick Fledges From Wisconsin Kestrels Nest | June 13, 2026

Описание: The final American Kestrel chick has fledged! Watch the youngster take flight from the nest box at 7 a.m. on June 13, 31 days after hatching.

With all four chicks now fledged, the 2026 American Kestrel Cam season has come to a close, and the cameras will be shutting down for the year.

We'd like to thank our partners at the Raptor Resource Project for helping us share another season with these remarkable little falcons. We're wishing all the best to this year's fledglings as they learn to navigate the world beyond the nest box, and we hope to share another breeding season with you in 2027.

Thank you to everyone who watched and learned alongside us this year!

Watch the cams live at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/kestrels

The American Kestrel cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab or Ornithology and the Raptor Resource Project.

This American Kestrel pair is nesting in a gravel-bottomed nest on private property near Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. The nest box is located on the side of a traditional limestone-footed barn, overlooking a rolling grassland that slopes away into folded hills and forests. Our partners at the Raptor Resource Project have watched kestrels breed at this site for over 25 years, and the wonderful combination of grassland, forest, and water that surrounds the property is an excellent example of the habitat that kestrels need to survive and thrive. Watch cam.

The young birds begin to hatch out of their eggs after about a month of incubation. Over the following 3-4 weeks, the nestlings will transform from downy bobbleheads to sleek, dull versions of their parents on a diverse diet of invertebrates, small mammals, and birds (watch this highlight of the female feeding the young). After fledging, the young will continue to be cared for by their parents, remaining near the nest as they learn to hunt and master flight.

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