They have left! All three juveniles have finally left the nestbox. Very early this morning, even before 6 the one juv that had spent the night in the nestbox flew off. Probably to join his brothers who were calling him to join them in the air. To play talon tag and chase eachother. For the 3 juvs the fun is really starting now. They can do at last what they were born for: to fly. To get stronger, to built up there flightmuscles. To learn how to fly, how to slip the bonds of the earth. How to chase the winds, how to climb the clouds.
In the upcoming weeks they will learn all the skills they need to know to be able to manage on their own. It are wonderful weeks of play, of talontag, chasing eachother, tumbling and turning, to tease pasing birds, to scare the hell out of small preybirds. It is exciting to watch them, and formost to listen to heir extatic laughter when they are having fun. The parents will always be near, and protect and guide them. They will be fed by them for many more weeks. They are stil dependant on them. And have to learn a lot.
For our 3 juvs, life has only just begun. The time in the nestbox is just a matter of growing until they can finally stretch their wings.
Of course I will keep on autocapturing the cam images, so if one lands on the nestledge I will have him! And I will tell you more about their weeks of training ahead.
