去年记录了一对幼鹰(red tailed hawk)的成长。都是周末去;为了不打扰它们,所有照片都是躲在鸟蓬照的。有些片质较差,但为了记录全面,也上了。
#1 April 28. Good friends from start
#2 Happy family
#3 May 1. Day dreaming
#4 May 6. Dad caught a rabbit, mom joined in.
#5 Mouse delivery. The two brothers did not show much interest in food.
#6 May 12. Wing practice started very early. It's a long way down from the nest, you'd better be sure when you take your first flight.
#7 The third egg never hatched.
#8 May 13. Towards the end, they mostly got smaller preys.
#9 May 19. Small prey
#10 May 18, a small bug
#11 May 19. The brothers did not fight for the food
#12 May 20. More practice
#13 May 25.
#14 May 25, older chick fledged, on the pine tree with mom.
#15 May 25. Mom got some food, landed closer to the younger chick
#16 The younger chick got the food.
#17 No longer friends? The older chick snatched the food away from the younger chick! This never happened before. I think the older chick needed much more food now that he could fly.
#18 May 26. "I don't like you any more"
#19 May 27. The younger chick fledged. He landed very close to my bird blind.
#20 May 30. The last photo I have. The first year survival rate of red tailed hawk chick is about 10%. Good luck to these two!
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