This nest has really bad chemistry and even worse karma. The youngest chick, #4, has been totally nuts since it was a few days old and discovered food. Since then it has been a real troublemaker in the nest, often attacking the other chicks and, even when it was much smaller, stealing their food and eating it, daring them to fight it to get it back. As its grown up it continues its antics, here it watches the adult bring a bird in to feed the chicks. At the right moment it steals the bird from the adult and then tries to eat it alone. The adults gets it back a few times from it, and tries to feed the others when #4 appears again, steals it and goes outside where it eats the bird alone, not sharing any of it. Normally, the adults would not let that happen, but this #4 runt chick is very mean and fights all the time, something nest protocol forbids. Usually the father will maintain discipline in the nest but here he doesn't.
@TheGreatOne164396 жыл бұрын
This is normal in all the Kestrel nests I've seen. The adults will not interfere either, they're actually glad to see aggression in the nest, it prepares the chicks for survival of the fittest. Do not try to compare their upbringing to human standards, this is normal.
@lori54555 жыл бұрын
For starters I only see three eyass and one parent (female) and not four. Youngest needs to be aggressive to stay alive., good for him. Stealing food is preparing them for life. These are fierce predators and fighting between siblings is totally normal. There is no such thing as discipline in a Bird of Prey nest.
@TheGreatOne164395 жыл бұрын
That's not the parent, its actually the first born eyas that's 4 days older than the rest. If you look really close you can still see some baby fluff. So yes those are 4 eyases.
@TheGreatOne164395 жыл бұрын
This video should clear up any questions about how many chicks there are.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmPIe39jpb6oZ68
@TheGreatOne164395 жыл бұрын
@Elle L i wouldnt say the Mom neglected him, she just isnt going to go out of her way to feed the weakest or smallest, that's just how nature works.