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Ciameth — Female American Kestrel
Published: 2009-08-02 22:39:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1143; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 13
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Female American Kestrel, first year as an adult. She is a non-releasable bird at a raptor rehabilitation center and now takes part in educational presentations side by side with her male companion.Related content
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She's a beauty! Why is she non-releasable though 
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She was kept illegally as a pet when she was younger (now imprinted) and fed a diet of dog food, which led to weak bones and brittle feathers. Unfortunately, this happens often; we recently received a barn owl in the same condition from the same type of situation. The kestrel, however, is now doing well as a public education bird in presentations at the center, and since she's imprinted, I think she likes being around the people.
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That's so sad
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She looks very smooth, you really took a nice shot.
The lighting is great, keep on the good work (and keep giving news about her 
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Thank you. Now all of her feathers are grown in and she's even flying around a little bit.
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Thank you, she's a pretty bird. She looks much better now that her adult plumage has come in; she was kept illegally as a pet when she was younger and almost all of her feathers were broken or brittle because of her poor diet.
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