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Radisson - 2008 / Trey & Princess

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The Peregrine Chick:
Its a good question Enraptured.

First thing is that rarely do the individual chicks not get enough to eat at this stage.  Keep in mind how often the parents are coming in and how small the chick is.  At this stage the chick is about the size of your clenched fist. There really isn't much room in them for food at this stage.  Even little Mistral last year got her fair share and she was 1/2 the size of her male siblings right from the start and the last to hatch.  As has been mentionned elsewhere, the chicks grow very fast over the next week and will be active (sometimes more than active) participants in the feeding process in just a few days.  Chicks that grab at food in one feeding, will probably not be ones grabbing so much at the next feeding or the feeding after that.  There is no siblicide among peregrines so one chick will not be singled out.  Also remember, they all the chicks look alike and that everytime the adults stuff them back underneath they are also moving them around - think "shell game" and you get the idea.

deedream:
Princess, will you please stop knocking your chick around so much!  Goodness.  :) :o

Falconista:
Haha Princess is having one heck of a time keeping those little fluff balls underneath her. Seems like they keep trying to squirm away from her. At least they have moved back up a bit so they're not as cut off as they were earlier today. Who knows where they will be tomorrow!

deedream:
I watched that too yesterday Enraptured, and it got too painful for me to watch.  I couldn't stand see that one little guy get nothing.   :'(

Enraptured:
Sorry, it's me again!

TPC, is it possible to zoom out a teeny tiny bit or change the camera angle a touch? All morning (for me anyway) I'm only getting two thirds of the adult and not always the chicks with P or T moves....  I don't know if there's something I can do to my view or if others are having the same problem...

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