At 0830, we headed out to the field to watch. When we got there, nothing was happening so we decided to sit in the van and listen to the news..much to our chagrin.
Not halfway through the news, someone took off, flapped at least 10 flaps, flew form on side of the nest and landed. So we got out of the van fairly quickly.
And were walking closer when we saw....
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| Someone take off... |
So we thought, "I guess that was dad before we saw fly from one end to the other..."
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| But then our freind landed less that a minute later after one circuit... |
It was WINKIN!...We caught her in one of her first, purposeful circuits around the nest!!!
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| Blinkin and Nod look on... |
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| And to confirm, a minute and a half later, dad showed up and flew circuits for a while... |
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| Thanks Dawne for pointing out the moon so I could compose this shot! |
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| Then a mature female did a few laps... |
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| And it is going to be harder and harder to tell the chicks and adults apart..the eyes are getting yellower, and the beaks are growing! |
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