Derby Peregrine Falcon 7 - Feeding the Chicks

Hatched on 10th May 2007, two peregrine falcons chicks are now feeding fine. This is only about half of the full sequence we filmed. What happened next was that the left-hand chick continued to be fed for a while until it was totally gorged. It then flopped, exhausted, over its sibling's shoulder who was then fed until it, too, seemed replete. However the remaiing two eggs you see in the picture never did hatch. So we now have just two young this year on the tower of Derby Cathedral in England.


More information, webcam and blog available here:
www.derby.gov.uk/peregrine

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[VC57UK]

It's very hard to say what species of prey this is. It's small and black, so probably a blackbird, or maybe a starling. We now have over 50 prey species recorded in Derby - from swift to ruddy duck.

[VC57UK]

Yes - as I said in the description, both chicks eventually fed perfectly well and grew up to fly over the skies of Derby city before leaving home in the autumn.

[ILoveNJonasMoreThanU]

one of the chicks never got any :(

[starshock01]

some pigeon just got served...literally

[ImSoOffended]

which species was the one being ate?

[webbess1]

lol...did no one read the video description? It says both chicks were eventually fed.

[BTTOLDSKOOL]

We often see a peregrine falcon come over our house low being chased away by a couple of crows,il have to video it.

[aquaxenobia]

SO SAD, yet very interesting how the chick finally turned its back as if it had reached some desperate state of independence, and now was in search of its own solution.

[Komicklepto]

It's an example of a mother giving all her resources to one offspring instead of sharing between two in order to maximise her fitness- this way, she will gain more grandchildren should the one offspring she has given all her resources to survive.

[armoballer4]

@kolovee depends on what you want and how much she charge. 

[kataisa3]

I always feel so bad for the poor chicks who don't get any food. :(

[kolovee]

how much is a female chick