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  1. Last week, I got to meet some baby kestrels! They were getting banded and weighed. I got to hold one (the biggest one, it was a true unit).

    Something I didn't know about banding baby birds: you can't band them right after they hatch, not because their legs are too small, but because their legs are too big! They store fat in their legs, and their legs get skinnier as they grow.

    #Kestrel #AmericanKestrel #BabyBird #BirdBanding #WesternMassachusetts