The kestrel chicks have now fledged but they are both staying close to the nest site to be fed by the parent birds. In this clip you can clearly see the difference between the male - which has grey blue tones to its tail feathers - and female chick. Watch as they rub beaks together on a post outside the nest site. The female, the elder of the two chicks, named Casper, flies off but the male remains watching the skies as the rest of the family fly about him. Keep watching to see the adult male, dad, fly down to sit with this younger kestrel, named Billie, for a while. Then the female joins young Billie and appears to feed him.

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