Jordan Lake. Two pairs of mallard ducks appeared. One pair quickly settled into feeding for the morning. The other pair apparently had to get stretched out before they began their own feeding. Hope you enjoy the mallards!
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CategoryFirst Nest Snippet 2024/02/15
Jordan Lake First Nest Neighborhood. Every once in a while … and it’s been a long while at this point … since I put together a series of small little clips of an outing at Jordan Lake. All of these are from this morning. There are five different species of birds. Hope you enjoy each and every one of them.
Dad Bard Catches a Big Fish
Jordan Lake. First Nest. Dad Bard was quite anxious and more than ready to catch a fish for his youngster. He watched. He waited. I watched. I waited. We all get rewarded when we get to see Bard catch his fish!
First Nest Parenting
Jordan Lake. First Nest. Yesterday there was only a little wind so I managed to get a much better video of Kate and Bard at the nest. Watch as Dad Bard very carefully shows us his feeding behavior with his chick(s).
First Nest HATCHED!
Jordan Lake. HATCHED! Yes at least one egg has hatched. The way I know that – because obviously I cannot see down into the nest – is by the parent’s behavior. When the parents begin bringing in fish, then stand on the edge and pluck off bites of the fish and reach down to feed it to the chicks, we call that “feeding behavior”. That’s how we know that there’s a chick in the nest – mouth wide open wanting that bite of fish. Yay!
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