Derby eyases today

MORNINGFEEDING OF THE 4 EYASES AT 8:00





SLIDESHOW



The little one does not get any food here. But that is absolutely no reason for concern. Just before hatching all the leftover yolk has been transported into the digestive system of the hatchling. That offers enough nutrients to last for 48 hours. In it are very important immunoglobulines as well to give the little one a form of immunity until after 2 weeks it's own immunity is coming online. So not to worry. I'm sure it will participate in one of the next feedings.

JUST SO SWEET








FEEDING AT 15:00





AND A SLIDESHOW




AN INTERMEZZO AFTER THE FEEDING





AND A SLIDE SHOW

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Rochester: first feeding

Some images of today









and a slide show

Oberhausen: to catch the early pigeon

Beautiful fairytale morningviews from the Oberhausen ledge. Such fine colors, it's amazing. The shadows the light makes on the juvi's is so wonderful. They love wingflapping in the early morning on the ledge. It makes awesome pics. To catch the early bird, that will be a pigeon in this case. I wonder how many have to follow before we will see the first one being properly plucked by one of our juvi's. In a way it is sweet to see how they still are very much eyases although from teh outside they look grown juveniles. They are still children.
When they first fledge they scream for joy and fly and tumble laughing through the skies trying to catch eachothers tail. It's a shame we cannot see that. If you are near a nestsite please try for once to see that live. I's great!

Terminal Tower Cleveland: 16 days old

Zurich

Zwolle eyases: 13 days old

Rome: 2 fierce eyases indeed

These are 2 very fierce eyases. They grumble and fight, they tear prey apart, even pluck already. Especialy the eldest looks like a frightful fighter. Whenever one of the parents arives with prey she tears it from the beak of mostly Vento and runs away with it. Screaming. She mantels the prey and no one gets it from here. Especialy not father Vento who is much smaller than his big daughter. I've seen him trying but he does not manage, so he leaves. The other eyas keeps screaming and wailing to him picking to his chest and claws for food, but big sis has it. As soon as the parent leaves, big sis does allow the other eyas to grab a bite. Both have full crops all the time, so it is no hunger, but the raptor in especialy the eldest.

Brighton Sussex Heights

James River Bridge: 29 days old

The chicks are nearing the midpoint of their transition from down-covered chick to juvenile-plumaged fledgling, and are nearly full-grown in terms of body size and weight.

De Mortel