Peregrines On Saker Site.

[melv16]

https://www.mavir.hu/web/mavir/feszekmegfigyeles

2 chicks have hatched. 

[melv16]

One of the chicks has taken to skydiving again. 😟

[melv16]

It's the same chick as last time. Luckily it landed in the cornfield and they found it was malnourished,  so it's probably in the best place.

[melv16]

Chick feeding itself with adult on front perch. 

[melv16]

Looks like another has gone skydiving 😟

[melv16]

The blog says the chick flew from the box yesterday and returned. 

I think there's a shortage of prey in the area, hence the malnourished chick.

[melv16]

The lone chick is feeding itself. The prey looks pretty small.

[melv16]

Remaining chick ont front perch. Could be fledging soon?

[ladybirder]

Mum's feeding chick.  Phew!

[melv16]

LB. Watching nest boxes is not for the faint of heart 😟

[ladybirder]

Too right Melv.  I said to myself I wasn't going to watch again after last year but as soon as I see you posting I'm there again.  Doh!

[melv16]

The last chick looks as though its  fledged 👍

[Hazlinny]

Spent ages yesterday watching the last one deciding whether to fly off, looking here, there and everywhere and dash .... I've missed the take-off 🦅

[ladybirder]

I missed it as well after spending ages watching Mum and Chick looking as if they were going to take off. As this is the second time I wonder if they'll be back again, or Chick on its own.

[melv16]

I think the fledging happened this morning,  as the chick was home-alone last night.

The adults usually teach the chicks to hunt. Whether they do that around there I don't know. In Sheffield they lurk around the nest box for some weeks as there is a plentiful supply of food..lots of pigeons.