Hungary hobbie falcons > new report from Ragadozomadar-Facebook website:Quote:
The fall of the chick #1 as seen by the expert.
Our expert watched the video of the chick's fall and concluded that, unlike the smaller chick, the larger one was so advanced that it was able to sail 400-500 metres after the fall. This meant that it could fly down to higher plants, either in the tree line or in the cornfield, where it was not threatened by any predators.
If his parents continued to look after him, in 2-3 days his wings would be so mature that he could fly up the ironwork of a post on his own. He didn't see the chick on the site visit either, but he could hear its voice and see that its parents were keeping an eye on the area, bringing prey to the site. He confirmed that there were no feathers either near or far from the pole, meaning that he had not been hit by a collision and no predators had found him. The nearby fox nest is also uninhabited, having been abandoned by the fox family some time ago.
The fledgling, which is expected to fly back to the nest within days, will presumably fly back to the vicinity of the nest as it is attached to its sibling and the parents from whom it receives its prey. There is no need to capture him, as he was lucky to fall out of the nest and is strong enough (it would be difficult to capture him in the corn anyway). On the other hand, even if we did succeed and put him back in the brood box, he would most likely fly out again because he has been through it and would have no trouble.
Once the chicks have fledged, there is nothing to tie them to the nest because their parents can feed them anywhere and they no longer need the security of the brood box. Within days, we will go out again to observe the column's surroundings and report back on what we have seen.
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Super, I was counting on him to come back
