The Big Sur Condor loves to dance! This chick lays around a lot, like they all do. Growing is hard work! But then she will have moments of greatness where she is so much fun to watch! Here she is dancing! I don't want to keep posting dancing videos. So here's a link to the Dancing Chick video I posted the other day.
She is looking hard at something outside the nest. Her head is completely outside of the cavity and craning to the left.
Talk about camouflage! I took this picture for a reason but can't make heads or tails of it now! I think this was more dancing... I was trying to get a s'cap that showed the motion. (Epic fail!)
I don't know what has caught her eye...
...but she thinks she can jump high enough to get at whatever it is.
The last time I saw the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey Fledgling FR4 was Monday, August 31st. She was last seen at the nest the next day (but I missed her) and began her migration that afternoon. Fair winds little one! According to their tracking, FR3 has traveled 1009 miles and FR4 has traveled 466 miles and last checked in halfway across the English Channel. Wow! You can track their locations here. (FR2 does not have a transmitter and cannot be tracked...)
The White-bellied Sea Eagles are doing really well, both chicks are taking a nap with their heads tucked.
The forest is waking up, and so are the babies.
They are getting along pretty well now. SE16 is using SE15 to help balance.
SE16 did a big stretch toward the camera -- showing off those feathers that are coming in.
I can't help myself! Look at that size difference! Typically, the chick closest to the camera can look larger due to the optical illusion created by being closer to the camera. And yet, SE15 is dwarfed by SE16 despite being closer to the camera!
Then SE15 did the same stretch, giving us the side view.
SE15 was trying to stand up today...
...but ended up falling forward. Maybe tomorrow...
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