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> When I arrived at 9am both young were standing on the nest. It was
> reported that an adult had brought in a small unidentified food item
> at 8am. It was still, hot and no adults around. When the breeze picked
> up it became fun time in the nest. Lots of "flying" back and forth by
> mainly the larger chick, but both taking turns with the activity. The
> larger chick is definitely beginning to "branch" as it perched about a
> foot above the nest on the large branch supporting the nest that comes
> out toward the road. From here it would "fly" to the other large nest
> support branch the comes out towards the west on the nest's right
> side. It would only very briefly set down on this west branch and then
> fly right back to the nest.
>
> They took turns watching each other do their wing exercising. I think
> they have learned that if they both flap and jump at the same time
> there are scary results. They both stayed up on the nest with periods of
> standing, (the larger always on its new found perch slightly above the
> rim) and both spent time moving in side to side and circular paths
> over the nest.
>
> At about 10:30 an adult brought in a white bird and left the nest
> right away and went down to preen in the dead stand of trees. The
> larger chick grabbed the prey first and the smaller sat on the right
> and watched. When the smaller chick would try to get some fresh food
> its dominant sibling would open and close its beak as it faced its
> sibling....obviously saying "buzz off." We noticed the smaller chick
> begin to edge closer after about 5-10 minutes of watching and it
> grabbed the carcass. The older chick didn't object at first and the
> smaller one was tugging and actually lifting the carcass up above the
> nest where we could clearly see it as it ate. At one point the larger
> sibling moved back in and grabbed the carcass and a tug of war ensued.
> It would have made for a great picture with a long lens. They both
> just kind of let the few skeletal remains drop eventually and went
> back to their lookout positions.
>
> I stayed until noon with the same pattern of standing and periods of
> exercising by the young. No adults were visible in any of their
> favorite spots. Al, Carolyn and I were happy to see a beautiful
> cardinal perch
> on the power line right in front of us. If I knew how...I would post
> the fuzzy image. My computer skill set is right on par with my camera!
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