This was the day of our beloved tiddler. As the last but in no way the least he fledged at 12:44. Good for him!
In the morning one of the other juvies kept coming in and making contact with him, wingflapping on the edge and left. It happenend several times. Finally they took a nap together. Before that they touched with their beaks. Juvies do that a lot. This is typical social behaviour and a token of affection. We see that al lot in nestsituations. Parents touch beaks with the eyases as a way of greeting them. In courtship the tiercel and the falcon touch beaks a lot, even in courtship flight.
So I really liked seeing this touching beaks this morning.
The older juvie was trying to get tiddler out of the nestbox: come on, come on and play with me, you can do it. It is so easy. It is great flying, really, I want you to come with me. Don't be scared, I'm with you, come on.
And he did!
It seemed at that moment that the empty nest time had begun, but no, one of the juvies came in to get a nap.
In the meantime the puddingcam offered great shots of a feeding, and sleeping juvies in the sun. Would be a great idea to make the puddingcam the leading webcam now.
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