As some of you know, one of the American kestrel's that I trained here at Audubon died yesterday evening. If I've talked to you about my experience at the Audubon, I have probably mentioned him. He was a little bird with lots of personality. Below are a few of my favorite photos of him.
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| Nero (and Jeff) teaching me how to handle raptors for the first time. |
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| Nero, bathed and with his most favorite food, after a long couple days of outreach. |
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| Just hanging out. |
His death caught all of us completely by surprise. True to Nero, he was found with food in his beak and talons. Right now, we don't know what happened. There was nothing obviously wrong and he was still young for a kestrel in captivity. There is a necropsy being done in hopes of getting some answers.
I had grown accustomed to my little buddy's morning greeting/twitter when I got to the barn and will miss him heaps :(
So sorry to hear that! I hope the necropsy leaves you with some answers.
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