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OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16
maggieblue:
--- Quote from: Eli on June 03, 2009, 10:34 ---Mom is just on the ledge now feeding one of the chicks. One of the other chicks came running down the ledge as fast as his legs could carry him, and stole the food, but mom grabbed it back and continued to feed the one chick. The other one hung around and tried to get in on the meal, but mom would not feed him anything; I don't know why - I guess she has her reasons.
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I saw a good part of that too. The really agressive chick was Jet (posed for the ledgecam). That was quiet a wild time. At one point Jet had managed to steal part of the meal and was eating it in front of the ledgecam while Scout was feeding the other one. Jet decided to have another go at stealing the whole dinner, ran over, grabbed it from Scout and started eating. Scout then jumped up in front of the ledgecam and started eating the leg Jet left behind. After a minute Jet noticed and ran back up to claim it. Scout jumped back down and started feeding the other one. Jet runs back screaming and trying to pull food out of Scout's beak. Scout flies off and Jet is still screaming at her. In the meantime the one Scout was trying to feed just sat quietly through it all. My guess as to what was going on here is that Scout was trying to make sure that Apollo,the only male got something to eat. His three sisters have been incredibly aggressive when food arrives.
Elaine L:
Mom is just on the ledge now feeding one of the chicks. One of the other chicks came running down the ledge as fast as his legs could carry him, and stole the food, but mom grabbed it back and continued to feed the one chick. The other one hung around and tried to get in on the meal, but mom would not feed him anything; I don't know why - I guess she has her reasons.
allikat:
They are all so beautiful!!! :-*
Pam:
One of them spent much of the day parked right in front of the camera - it is fabulous to watch these four running up and down that (fabulous) ledge - wish ours had such a spot to fledge from!!
maggieblue:
Lots of activity on the Columbus ledge this morning. Scout was feeding the four when something going by really caught their attention, four heads moving in unison. Then Orville landed in front of the ledgecam with a bird that was almost as big as he is.
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