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Kestrels
2:06 pm
Fri April 26, 2013

Kestrels Return To Boise Nest Box: Research Project Grows Dramatically

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Last year's kestrel family grew to 7, with five chicks
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The Peregrine Fund’s American Kestrel Partnership launched its 2013 KestrelCams today.  Already the breeding pair has laid one egg. 

Last year, we told you about the project's kickoff in Boise to sign up citizen scientists to build nest boxes for these dwindling birds.  

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Research
6:00 am
Tue December 18, 2012

Idaho Researchers Study Impact Of Road Noise On Animals In Boise's Foothills

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Credit Samantha Wright / Boise State Public Radio
Field biologist Rose Swift examines a red-naped sapsucker.
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The Phantom Road is created by playing a recording of cars going 40 M.P.H.
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Researcher Heidi Ware captures a bird using a Mist net, which is a fine fabric net hung up between shrubs. To the bird, it looks like mist in the air.
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Once caught, each bird is placed in a soft cloth bag to keep it calm.
Credit Samantha Wright / Boise State Public Radio
Heidi Ware blows gently on a bird, to measure its fat content.
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The birds fatten up on vegetation like chokecherries, bitter cherries, as well as insects.
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Each bird is banded, weighed and measured. All the information is charted.
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The research team is also studying the effect of road noise on mammals. Researcher Chris McClure sets up a remote camera to capture animals that wander by.
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The cameras catch a bear walking by.
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Scientists are trying to understand how road noise affects animals. So they’ve set up a road of sorts in the hills above Boise and they’re capturing birds to find answers.

Heidi Ware holds an angry bird in her hand. “This is a Cassin's Vireo and they’re pretty well-known for being pretty feisty birds in the hand, so you can see he’s biting my finger right now.”

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Environment
12:35 pm
Tue May 29, 2012

Kestrel Chicks Hatch In Boise

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Kestrels in Boise nest box
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The kestrels have hatched!  In a story we told you last month, the Peregrine Fund is asking citizen scientists to put up nest boxes and monitor American Kestrel populations across the U.S.  The American Kestrel Partnership has a box with a webcam posted at the

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Environment
6:34 am
Tue April 24, 2012

Citizen Scientists Get Chance To Help Declining Kestrels

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Kestral On Top Of Nest Box
Credit Samantha Wright / Boise State Public Radio
Bob the American Kestrel
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Wild Mated Pair of Kestrels in Nest Box in Boise
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Kestrel Flies Out of Nest Box
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Male Eats Lunch Spurned By Female
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It’s nesting time for many birds in Idaho, including the American Kestrel.  In fact, you can watch a pair of kestrels sitting on their eggs right now, through a live webcam.  It’s part of a new project by the Peregrine Fund that launches today to get people involved in helping gather information n kestrels.  The goal is to help scientists understand why the American Kestrel is in steady decline across North America.

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