In the Southern hemisphere it is summer. Our Alcoa youngsters are enjoying their last weeks in the company of the parents before they will leave to start their own life. Most juvs stay around for 6-8 weeks after fledging before they leave. After watching the events here in Alcoa I think one of them might just have left already. They were all very alive and kicking a few weeks ago, no vitalities.
Most juvs leave spontanously, sometimes one stays behind. If one does it is almost always the youngest one. Sometimes one can stick around untill almost 6 months after fledging. In Derby one of the youngsters even was around during courtship of his parents the next year!!
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