Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
MD / Baltimore - 2015-22
Alison:
Boh arrived with a small amount of food. Big chick in front immediately grabbed the food and retreated to the corner. Boh found a scrap of food and fed that to the chick on the left. The littlest chick was left scrounging for leftovers.
Having demolished the food, big chick takes the pitiful little bit of leftovers from the smallest chick, who gets nothing.
Good peregrine parents will normally take back the food when one chick grabs it, and beak feed the chicks so that each has a share.
The Peregrine Chick:
If there is a lump, other than the crop of course, it might be difficult to see now that the chicks have their second coat of downy feathers - might have been more obvious when they were much smaller and had fewer feathers.
But I must say they look pretty normal to me too but they aren't really close to the camera so that is just my impression. Will be interesting to see what they say after banding ...
RCF:
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--- Quote from: gemcitygemini on June 06, 2015, 08:14 ---There appears to be some concern about one of the chicks having a lump of some sort on its neck. At banding, CC will learn if there is reason to be concerned.
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Did this person provide any photos, or any more information? Can't tell what they might have been seeing, but sometimes people who are not really familiar with peregrines think the crop is a "lump" . . .
Checked the site a little while ago; this is the best I have seen the chicks look so far. Usually when I check the site, the chicks are alone, and look scrawny, neglected and malnourished. I hardly ever see either faux Barb or Boh. I hope things are starting to turn around.
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I read that also and I couldn't see anything unusual about the chicks. They look like normal chicks for their age.
Alison:
--- Quote from: gemcitygemini on June 06, 2015, 08:14 ---There appears to be some concern about one of the chicks having a lump of some sort on its neck. At banding, CC will learn if there is reason to be concerned.
--- End quote ---
Did this person provide any photos, or any more information? Can't tell what they might have been seeing, but sometimes people who are not really familiar with peregrines think the crop is a "lump" . . .
Checked the site a little while ago; this is the best I have seen the chicks look so far. Usually when I check the site, the chicks are alone, and look scrawny, neglected and malnourished. I hardly ever see either faux Barb or Boh. I hope things are starting to turn around.
GCG:
There appears to be some concern about one of the chicks having a lump of some sort on its neck. At banding, CC will learn if there is reason to be concerned. Their FB post......
"Falcon chicks: 1 - the one that moves the most, probably the 1st one hatched... awfully close to the edge... yikes. 2 - another has a big bump on it's neck & keeps pecking at it like it's preening. Chesapeake Conservancy - is this something that might just go away or is this a big problem?
Chesapeake Conservancy: Hi Connie, we have not seen the bump you mentioned but the falcon chicks will be banded soon and the biologist will check each chick for health during his visit. We are not sure if this should be something of concern".
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