Well well, what a suprise. After Justice was brought back yesterday , our Little Boomer managed to fly all the way up to the ledge to join his sister. They both are in fine health and are running up and down the ledge.
By taping hours of video I was able to catch those special moments. Eyases bond from teh moment the pip the aircell in the egg before hatching. By vocalizing they make contact with their siblings, After hatching they cuddle up to keep their temp up. The bonding is intens and is very well visable during the time they are in the scrape. They love to nibble on eachothers toes and bills They do preen each other. We call that grooming.
And when they leave the nest the bond stays. We can see how they protect and keep an eye on eachother. Prey is being shared, normally. Unless there is not much food around.
And on one of the video we can see how they preen eachothers feathers here, Justice and Boomer. It is very sweet.
I have watched so many nests.l There are allways real pairs in a nest. 2 how like eachother that much that they stay together, cuddle up, and stay doing that after fledge. They often leave together and spent the winter helping to survive. The bond will vanish eventually. They do not remember. If they would ever meet they will see the other as a threath. So it is not a livelong bond, but nevertheless very special to watch.
In other raptor species they even start fighting in the nest, so it is special.
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