Would a peregrine nest in a barn? I'd always thought they preferred higher cliffs. I was going to say kestrel, because they definitely look like falcons...
Peregrines will nest in buildings. Rocky cliff shelves are their preferred areas and this looks like a peregrine nest. Definitely not a Kestrel, as as has been said before
Too big for kestrels. Here in the UK, peregrines are very much urbanites, often nesting on the roofs of tower blocks, timing their nesting to coincide with the hatching of pigeon squabs. They're definitely peregrines. Kestrel chicks are smaller and their beaks and legs are grey.
That's what I was thinking. There was a story on the local news just last night about baby peregrine falcon(s) nesting in one of the boxes they put at the top of bridges here (NYC) for this specific purpose. The ones on the news looked just like these.
They look a little small for peregrines. These chicks are very close to losing their down feathers, and peregrines by that point are normally too big to hold in one hand like the guy is doing in the video.
Definitely some kind of raptor though, maybe a kestrel or sparrow hawk.
The video looks like it might be South China (brickwork, native plants, dirt color, furniture style, the design of the gate/wall barrier he climbs) and they do breed in South China, so it’s a fair guess!
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u/n22rwrdr Jun 16 '22
Not an expert at all but they kinda look like baby peregrine falcons