5-1-21 Breakfast featuring first attempts at self-feeding

[@lucylulu1544]

You never have to worry about any of the chicks going without food. Falcons feed all their babies. She usually feeds the larger ones first.

[@dottypetrosky1184]

Very difficult watching the youngest struggling to get a bite.

[@autodidact2499]

He survived and fledged.

[@pinguinito3354]

They are such beautiful creatures 🥰

[@frozengrapes7385]

glad the one in the middle finally got some food but then it turned back around and I was like, "whyyyy" eat eat eat, don't let the others bully you little one

[@hillaryburdick9313]

For everyone saying the runt didn’t get enough, at the end of the video it actually looks like he got some very big chunks of meat (14:47 for example!). Doesn’t seem to be any need to worry about the little guy. He got his fair share in the end. 😊✌️

[@ladystarlightnyc]

Soooo cute! It’s so interesting that one eyas has such yellow feet so early in development! And good so we can tell them apart! Thank you for his adorable clip :)

[@mariagr5055]

Little one in the back is so cute trying to get a bite from his/hers brothers/sisters!!

[@autodidact2499]

Brothers.

[@nicinoz]

Please correct me if I am wrong, but in most of the peregrine nests that I've watched, it seems that as long as there is enough food coming in, all babies get fed. Some days one eats more than the others, but it seems to even out. I don't think there is much sibling rivalry in a peregrine nest, if any. I adore these birds and hope they all live a long life flying high, eating enough and breeding successfully.

[@calfalcons]

That is correct. Falcons are usually very good about providing food to all of their chicks equitably. There isn't that much sibling competition, especially compared with some other raptor species.

[@tunxxi]

@@calfalcons I watched some other falcon/hawk stream, where the babies tries to fight each other all the time. How normal is other chick to kill the other one?

[@calfalcons]

@@tunxxi Siblicide is very very rare in Peregrine Falcons, but can be more common in species like Bald Eagles. It really depends on the species.

[@birdiemomcarol6554]

I was getting worried about the smaller chick in the back. And then he pushed his way forward and still wasn’t getting fed. Finally chick on the left gave way and let him in. Perseverance pays off. So strong 💪 little one ☺️. So hard to feed so many but mom and dad are doing an awesome job! Look at those crops😱!! Full chickies 😁

[@maharaj2323]

And the irony of us all cheering on the chicks.... while the dead bird is merely "breakfast"...

[@darkwitch8648]

Sad. Even when it makes it to the front it doesnt try very hard to eat. It's definitely a male, and if it doesn't start trying to get more food it doesn't look good for it in the long run. It might end up being food for the 2 females who are very aggressive eaters.

[@calfalcons]

That is very unlikely. Sibicide/infanticide is extremely rare in Peregrine Falcons and the youngest chick is still growing and developing very well. At this point we have no reason to believe that all three chicks won’t fledge exactly on schedule.

[@nadiarepich5199]

@@calfalcons thanks! I was worried sick at the first few minutes!

[@nadiarepich5199]

@@maharaj2323 I see your point--really I do. Are you an ethical vegan? Humans have a moral obligation to other sentient beings to be vegan. These falcons cannot live eating vegan. We should not be cheering on any predatory "kill" or video taping it for entertainment purposes or videotaping it period. But they need to eat. So I don't want anyone to die--no one. "Michael Vick liked sitting around a pit watching animals fight. The rest of us like (cheering on so to speak) sitting around a barbecue pit roasting the corpses of animals who have been treated as badly, if not worse, than Vick’s dogs." "Some animals do, indeed, eat other animals. That’s certainly true. But what relevance does that have to the issue of whether we should consume animal products? That’s a rhetorical question; the answer is clear: it has no relevance. First, although some animals eat each other in the wild, many do not. Many animals are vegans. Moreover, there is far more cooperation in nature than what we imagine as the “cruelty of nature.” "Eat Like You Care" by Gary L. Francione--there is a pdf file online & if you are interested in finding it rather than buying the book, you will search & find it. I can't leave a link on KZbin--sometimes.

[@janetcarroll8863]

They sure have the right idea! 💕💕💕

[@jjfaris]

My the youngest trying really hard to get something.

[@elizabethchurchill2933]

They're so fricking cute with their little bloody lips!

[@autodidact2499]

Falcons don't have lips.

[@Phlowermom]

This reminds me of my siblings and I at the dinner table as kids BEFORE dad got home! As soon as he hit the door, silence reigned supreme!

[@Damoor]

Ok, the runt is giving me anxiety by it’s inability to compete for food.

[@char9777]

ugghhh mmeeee 2

[@heidiadelheid2285]

I can't eat the innermost child…　 I saw it for the first time. Thank you for the delivery.

[@anneprestridge4462]

Is it possible that the little one is a male, not necessarily the youngest?

[@calfalcons]

It's definitely 2 days younger, but looking at the size of the chicks right now, we've kind of been speculating there might be 2 females and 1 male.

[@kannikalanviinaa]

Малыш клюнул бы в своих братьев или сестёр,чтобы не наглели

[@selenefee7801]

Awe too sad to watch wee one struggle. Did it get food at all??

[@kathmorgan3429]

They end up eating a lot of feathers, don't they? That doesn't seem very appealing

[@j0llyroger889]

One of the birds had nothing to eat compared to the other two.

[@baryl22]

好可愛，要健康的長大哦😘

[@abamardjani_SPORT]

Nice story...I always like birds

[@user-zd3rw2gz8o]

最小的那隻幼鳥是最聰明的，雖然小卻是最懂的搶食，以免在食物缺乏時被淘汰。

[@smartconceptfilm5029]

Unfair distribution of food 😢

[@lancetruong3075]

YESSSS! that chick in the back finally got its share of food.

[@uunsyukur]

Betapa sulitnya bagi si kecil tuk perjuangkan secuil ikan segar.This is a life everybody has to hard sttruggling okey..thanks..🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@christined2659]

💖💖💖🥰

[@garylucas7050]

Waited 10 mins and all the middle one gets is a beak full of feathers 🪶☹️

[@feelthatfeelthat]

I saw the middle one eating a few rocks today. Is that normal at such young age?

[@calfalcons]

Yep! That is evidence that their digestive tract is reaching maturity and capable of processing more complete meals. The stones effectively act as teeth in a birds digestive system and help break down larger pieces of food.

[@feelthatfeelthat]

@@calfalconsthanks for the explanation!

[@kannikalanviinaa]

Как мать выдерживает такой галдеж, с ума можно сойти.? По этому кроме хомячков -дома никого не одержим?

[@user-hh3vd8uy7u]

لا أله الا الله محمد رسول الله.

[@ericsteinhauer3991]

This should prove that nature does not believe in equity of out come

[@user-hh3vd8uy7u]

اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا وحبيبنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين.

[@user-ps8ep6pv3m]

中間那隻，好像都沒吃到.

[@debracole6587]

They need to form a semi circle around momma so they get some.

[@northernwarrior6319]

Looks like sweet & sour pork/pigeon!!!!😆

[@workerworker7961]

Do we know the eyasses' sexes by this point? It looks like 2 females and 1 male to me but it could be too early to tell.

[@calfalcons]

Too early to tell at this point. Well know for sure on May 12th when they’re banded

[@junkosmart1197]

There should be one more egg, right? Something happened?

[@gluzzywuzzy]

is not hatching / unfertilized

[@junkosmart1197]

Rocoon. Thank you. Boy they are so cute.

[@joyhamilton5289]

My heart ached for the wee one and its need of food too. Perhaps Mama is trying to teach it to be bold and stand up and fight for itself or it won't last in life. i was happier to see it did finally get something other than feathers for its meal.

[@sherphair802]

Will the smallest survive?

[@calfalcons]

At this point, all three birds are developing and growing really well. Two days can make a huge difference for size, especially if the small one is a male and the older chicks are females.

[@user-ps8ep6pv3m]

這個媽媽也有問題，只餵旁邊那兩隻，中間那隻當沒看到.

[@lauraostman5120]

That adult is purposely NOT feeding the back baby even when it pushed it's way to the front.

[@calfalcons]

Peregrine Falcons are very good about equitable food distribution. Starvation of chicks in nests is very uncommon in this species and the Bay Area is pretty productive hunting grounds for falcons. So far all the chicks are growing and developing really well, so we're not worried about anyone being malnourished or underfed.

[@soniakumar2157]

She is not feeding small one..he came in front was ignored

[@ianwilcox9885]

There working hard birds of prey 😞

[@scorpio1124]

Младшему 2ому нечего недосталось😮😮😮

[@inumaru0918]

オチビは全然餌が貰えないじゃん😅

[@user-ih2se7gt9l]

어미새가 아니다 골고로 먹여야지

[@manrai9015]

YO CHHYA PRACHANDRE RA SHERE JASTO APARADHI CHORHARU LAI SARKAR KASLE BANAYEKO HO? DIUSHAI KHUDA TARWAR LE MANCHHE KATERA MARNE LAI JAIL DEKHI CHHADNE HO NEPALI JANTAHARULE PRASHNA GARDAICHHAN KE HO PRACHANDRE APARADHI NAI HO?

[@luluna1105]

Como duele ver a Éstos animales de rapiña matar tantas aves menos peligrosas que ellas algún día se van a extinguir porque no tendrán comida porque ellas mismas están extinguiendo a las aves de presa😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@user-ps8ep6pv3m]

餵毛幹什麼，要餵肉才有用.

[@user-rw7ze2qh1c]

막내좀 먹여라

[@rsdxgeneration]

Mom is dumb is not feeding the younger one it is starving