One Osprey Chick has Fledged!

[Eric D]

Had some nasty bright light conditions but was able to catch one of the young ones Fledge. Missed Juvi's first flight by one day but this is day 2.

63 days total from egg to flight!! The second Juvi is a tad smaller as you can see and will probably be a week behind even thou he was born 2 days after the other. noticed Mom is making sure little one gets more food so he can catch up with his sibling!

Fun stuff to watch as mom shows them how to fly!!


1 Mom showing the landing technique.......



2 Larger Juvi takes the leap as mom and sibling watch....



3 Taking a little loop around the area........



4 Remembering Mom's technique for landing......




5 All together again. Notice how the larger Juvi is trying to shade the younger one!!

[Singletracklovr]

Wow super nice series Eric. Great commentary also.

[OldClicker]

Another great series!

I'm actually surprised that the bigger juvy would protect the smaller in the 'fittest' world they live in. Maybe they have different instincts with different population densities???

TF

[Eric D]

Another great series!

I'm actually surprised that the bigger juvy would protect the smaller in the 'fittest' world they live in. Maybe they have different instincts with different population densities???

TF

I was surprised too! Seems everyone gets along well. Hopefully the second chick will fledge in the next few days!

[paulnj]

That last image is so cool!