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nerdworld01:

Currently making a dnd character with a familiar, so any fun facts about the American Kestrel?

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bunjywunjy:

both male and female american kestrels have eye spots on the back of their heads to confuse predators like larger hawks!

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it might not make a HUGE difference, but any advantage is a good advantage when you’re perfectly snack-sized for most other aerial predators in your neighborhood.

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lil bitty.

pangur-and-grim:

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pygmy owls have those too! hooray for small, vulnerable birds with eyes in the back of their heads!

hamvendor:

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croc-odette:

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hamvendor:

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She has 10 eggs omg how did her little body make so many eggs I’m going to cry

Her bird husband keeps bringing her little green worms to eat and every time she hears him outside she does these happy little chirps ahhhhh

she’s sleeping right now…

UPDATE: all ten eggs have hatched :)

UPDATE:

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All ten babies are getting ready to fledge!!!