Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
MN / Elk River - 2008-22
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Liz on May 26, 2008, 18:24 ---Tracy -- do they spit??!! I was just watching this cam, heard a noise and at the same time something seemed to go flying out of the box (no, not a bird! lol). It really looked like the parent spit! Or sneezed and clear the nose -- gross. Do they do that?
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Spit, no. Fling feces, yes. They also cough up pellets - like a cat coughs up hairballs. Its all the undigestible material from the things they eat - feathers and bone mostly. Younger birds, when there is an infestation of grasshoppers will eat them and then you get green pellets with grasshopper exoskeletons. No kidding. First year I worked on the project, kept finding green pellets. Couldn't understand why there were no bones and feathers. Took me about a week to figure it out. ::)
So which end did "it" come out of?
Liz:
Tracy -- do they spit??!! I was just watching this cam, heard a noise and at the same time something seemed to go flying out of the box (no, not a bird! lol). It really looked like the parent spit! Or sneezed and clear the nose -- gross. Do they do that?
Pchemist:
Yay, it wasn't my imagination. How cool to get to see that!
;D ;D ;D
skygirlblue:
Ok, everybody...#3 is out and wet!!!! yippee!!!!
Pchemist:
As I recall from last year watching P&T, feeding is a matter of who sticks their beak in the way. Doesn't seem there is an effort to make sure it's "fair" - it's all about learning to get what you need. I did find myself rooting for the one who kept falling over to get in there and get some food though.
I thought I saw third egg really starting to open up, but it could be my imagination.
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