These little ones got bigger every time we went. Beautiful plumage and more independent all the time. Here one fledgling is enjoying a real good preening.
Nest #2. Parent birds just did a trade off of duties. Both incubate the eggs. This pair sat for 51 days before they finally abandoned the nest. Young female,unexperienced and the male was missing a foot. Not sure the reasoning,but eggs were not fertile. When they abandoned the nest,the female actually stood by nest #1 fledglings for a bit. Their mom had already left. So she took on the maternal duties there and the territorial battles subsided as well.
You can really see this fledglings adult plumage coming along .
This was before the nest was abandoned so still some issues here amongst adult birds.
A rarity. All 4 fledglings together at once. A beautiful sight.
These little ones got bigger every time we went. Beautiful plumage and more independent all the time. Here one fledgling is enjoying a real good preening.
Nest #2. Parent birds just did a trade off of duties. Both incubate the eggs. This pair sat for 51 days before they finally abandoned the nest. Young female,unexperienced and the male was missing a foot. Not sure the reasoning,but eggs were not fertile. When they abandoned the nest,the female actually stood by nest #1 fledglings for a bit. Their mom had already left. So she took on the maternal duties there and the territorial battles subsided as well.
You can really see this fledglings adult plumage coming along .
This was before the nest was abandoned so still some issues here amongst adult birds.
A rarity. All 4 fledglings together at once. A beautiful sight.
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