Cal Falcons: First peeks at Annie & Lou's first chick 🐣💕 2023 Apr 10

Courtesy of Cal Falcons, UC Berkeley (www.calfalcons.berkeley.edu)
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[@sandrad9746]

So exciting. Welcome little one.

[@lynheideman8487]

Thank you! I missed this--#1 was early! Amazing that little bird got out of that tiny, tough egg--and while Annie was enfluffeling it. Lovely--and 3 to go. Thanks again!!

[@alan.w]

This is amazing and such an exciting time. One floof out and three to go! I am looking forward to seeing Annie and Lou bring them up 😊❤🐤🐥🐣🐣🐣🐣

[@Mafaldita1230]

Beautiful ❤🥰!

[@paulamears4769]

I now share my birthday with a baby falcon 😊

[@lauriebk]

precious and amazing 💖

[@franciscajameshernandez7715]

Congratulations Annie and Lou on the first chick of your first brood together! May your progeny live long and be successful in enriching our world for many many many generations to come!!! 🐦🐦🐣🥚🥚🥚❤❤❤

[@didenno9550]

And we're off, the season has finally started with the hatching of Annie & Lou's first born. Nature is a wonderful thing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥚

[@zhannal3969]

С днём рождения, птенчик!❤

[@jada2675]

So tiny ❤ Can’t wait for Lou’s reaction! Annie is such a good mom.

[@nancychace8619]

Amazing. They're so helpless. When/how do they start feeding them?

[@skhideaways]

They start feeding them within several hours of hatching. For the first two weeks or so, the male does all the hunting and brings prey to the nest. Once the chicks can thermoregulate (i.e., can keep their body temperature stable) and are a little bigger, both parents hunt.