Can someone identify please?

Pauli Driver-Smith

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Jul 10, 2023, 9:45:48 PM7/10/23

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This bird has been standing in the exact same spot on our burn pile for two days now. I think it may be injured. I'm not sure. It allowed me to get within 12 inches of it to take one of these pictures. All he did was look at me and make no attempt to try to get away. It is a little smaller than an adult Robin. Obviously, it isn't a robin.

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Susan Rosine

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Jul 10, 2023, 9:59:52 PM7/10/23

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It looks like a newly fledged Kestrel.

You didn't say where you lived, but if it's injured, there are possibly people who can help--again, depending on where you are located.

Susan Rosine

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On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 7:45 PM Pauli Driver-Smith <hollyho...@msn.com> wrote:

This bird has been standing in the exact same spot on our burn pile for two days now. I think it may be injured. I'm not sure. It allowed me to get within 12 inches of it to take one of these pictures. All he did was look at me and make no attempt to try to get away. It is a little smaller than an adult Robin. Obviously, it isn't a robin.

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Pauli Driver-Smith

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Jul 10, 2023, 10:05:43 PM7/10/23

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Yes, I called the Raptor Center and they confirmed it is a recently fledged female Kestrel. There is obviously something wrong with it. They want me to try to drop a towel over it and try to catch it. I don’t think it will be that hard, all it did was turn its head to look at me when I took its picture only 12” away.

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Hi!

Looks like an American Kestrel to me.

Kristen

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Courtney R

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Jul 10, 2023, 10:44:12 PM7/10/23

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What a beautiful American kestrel fledgling!!!

Have you seen the parents around? Keep an eye from a distance (ideally from indoors) to monitor the bird. In the image they do not appear to be injured, but the behavior and parental presence is key.

If the bird truly appears to be injured, google “animal help now” to find your nearest raptor rehabilitation facility and contact them. Do not try to help the bird yourself. What town are you located in?

Thank you,

Courtney (Lafayette CO)

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This bird has been standing in the exact same spot on our burn pile for two days now. I think it may be injured. I'm not sure. It allowed me to get within 12 inches of it to take one of these pictures. All he did was look at me and make no attempt to try to get away. It is a little smaller than an adult Robin. Obviously, it isn't a robin.

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Blake Besser

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Jul 10, 2023, 10:44:23 PM7/10/23

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Young American Kestrel

On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 7:45 PM Pauli Driver-Smith <hollyho...@msn.com> wrote:

This bird has been standing in the exact same spot on our burn pile for two days now. I think it may be injured. I'm not sure. It allowed me to get within 12 inches of it to take one of these pictures. All he did was look at me and make no attempt to try to get away. It is a little smaller than an adult Robin. Obviously, it isn't a robin.

Pauli Driver-Smith

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Jul 10, 2023, 11:32:32 PM7/10/23

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I sent photos off to the Rocky Mountain Raptor rescue in Ft. Collins, and it has been identified as a female fledgling Kestrel. There is some concern because not only hasn’t it moved much in two days, it is all fluffed up and didn’t budge when I went to take its picture. All it did was turn its head to look at me, nothing more.

Like I said, it hadn’t budged from its spot for almost two days, even when my husband dumped more tree branches and weeds on the pile. But when I went out to try to capture it, it was gone. I did see two feral cats running into the field to the east, but there was no sign of feathers. I think it probably waited until I left and found a safe hidey hole somewhere in the burn pile. I’ll check on it tomorrow. Where it was at, has a lot of good shelter. If it isn’t sick or injured, then while I haven’t seen the parents around, they probably are. In the past, when they fledged, I would see the fledglings all over our yard. When they would see us, they would run and hide under stuff. As I said, this one just stared at me, even though I was only about 12” from it when I took the photo of it looking directly at me.

I’m supposed to check on it again tomorrow and if I see it and it still is acting unusual, I’m to call the rescue back.

Oh, and I forgot to say in my original post. I live in the Highlandlake community, just west of Mead, in Weld County. Highland lake is directly across the road from me, and the surface rights, plus a one-acre park is now owned by the Town of Mead, so it is open and free to the public. The lake is really birdy this year.