PublishedJuly 29, 2022, 8:46 PM
MONT-SUR-LAUSANNE (vd)A family of kestrels nest under strong police guard
The young female and her young settled in a nesting box fixed at the top of the salt silo of the Road Service, just in front of the Vaud Gendarmerie.
The falcon regularly goes hunting to feed the little family.
Screenshot from webcam/Polcant VD
Did you dream of observing the behavior of a live kestrel? It is now possible, informs us the Vaud Cantonal Police, in a tweet, Friday morning. A webcam makes it possible to follow live the life of this female and her young. A priori, there would be four chicks.
The one-year-old female takes care of her first brood in a nesting box installed on the salt silo of the road maintenance department in the center of Blécherette, in Mont-sur-Lausanne (VD), a stone’s throw away. of the Vaud Gendarmerie headquarters. It is the Directorate General for Mobility and Roads of the Canton of Vaud, in collaboration with the Vaud Cantonal Police, which has set up this nesting box.
According BirdLife Suisse, this characteristic falcon with its hovering flight is on the list of potentially endangered birds. Food and nesting possibilities are increasingly lacking in Switzerland. The association for the defense of birds and nature reports that we can help the kestrel thanks to the installation of nesting boxes in particular.
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