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Brood Patches ?

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moka:
TPC, thank you!

The photo helps a lot.  :)

Kinderchick:
Thanks for posting this photo, TPC! 8) I will have to show it to my Kinderchicklets.

The Peregrine Chick:
This is a kestrel but it gives you some idea of what a brood patch looks like when all the feathers are blown/moved out of the way.



Photo borrowed from the Boise Peregrines blog site ...

The Peregrine Chick:

--- Quote from: moka on May 04, 2011, 16:36 ---Don't know if this question belongs in this topic but here goes.

Since Ivy and Princess both sit on the eggs, do they both have a brood patch? We've spoken of this before but I can't find the answer, if there was one. Also, do any of the photos show this?

Thanks, tpc.


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Yes they do, but mostly you can't see it as they have lots of feathers on their lower breast/belly and you can't see it.  Sometimes it looks like Princess has a "part" (as in a part in one's hair) on the feathers t but that's about as much as one usually sees.  I'll see if I can find a photo of what I mean ...

moka:
Don't know if this question belongs in this topic but here goes.

Since Ivy and Princess both sit on the eggs, do they both have a brood patch? We've spoken of this before but I can't find the answer, if there was one. Also, do any of the photos show this?

Thanks, tpc.

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