Hancock Wildlife Foundation

8:36pm.....Chick is tucked in for the night now...........Brit is awake but darkness is coming soon. 4.jpg 5.jpg It has been a great day for this chick and our adults! The parents seem to have everything under control.............they have matured so much from last year! Little SR9 had an excellent ...

8:34pm........Little chick looked like he was ready to sleep........until Brit came closer and began to aerate the nest.

8:32pm....Finally Rey flew off........probably went back to the top of the tree where he keeps guard.

8;27pm........Brit walked closer to Rey...........telling him to get off the chick...........time to go to bed. Rey is ignoring her.

8:24pm....Brit's home!

Ryan wrote: ↑

Sat May 04, 2024 8:18 pm

Nice zooming jean !

Thanks.......it's all about anticipating. Where are they going next? What will they do next? But of course we have beautiful subjects.

8:17pm.....Feeding over.........Rey has come back to settle over the chick.

8:16pm.......Rey offered some bites but the chunks were pretty big for a day old chick. SR9 opened h/h mouth wide.
WOW! Little chick swallowed that large piece!

8:15pm...........SR9 watched and peeped and waited. Rey came to the chick to offer some bites a minute later.

8:14pm........Rey picked up that clump of feathers/leftovers? and carried it over to the prey. He tried to eat it, not sure if he did. Then he started to take feathers off the prey again.


Once SR9 saw Rey with the food h/s began to squeal and call.

7:55pm.....Rey has a small branch in front of his face.
And a clump of feathers?? in his beak.
So sleepy now.

7:50pm......From the rollback.....Rey came to the chick to keep h/h warm........Rey is still there at this time.

7:50pm........From the rollback.....Rey went to the prey, dragged it over in the nest. He then plucked out some of the feathers and offered a couple of bites to the chick. So sweet.

7:49pm.....From the rollback........At 7:19pm Rey came to the nest. Both adults stood around for a few minutes then Brit flew off.

7:49pm......From the rollback....Feeding time.........Brit offered lots of small bits and SR9 ate lots of small bites.