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Incubation takes about 14 days, so I'd expect some chicks around May 10th, but it may be eaarlier because she might have been there before I noticed her.
Mom and Dad switch off.
First chick
First chick video 5-4 10:01 01
The second chick was born on the 12th. I don't have many pictures of the chicks because they are behind the parents. Keeping them from falling out, I guess.
Feeding
Parents Regurgitate Food to feed their checks.
Feeding video 5-11
There is only 1 chick left. I don't know what happened to the other one.
5-20 I spotted the chick now a fledgling on the ground.
How to Help a Fallen Fledgling | wikihow.com said,
If the parents are nearby and feeding the let it alone.
Fledglings spend as long as 1-2 weeks on the ground as they learn to fly, so its perfectly normal to see them hopping around. It might look like a fledgling is in trouble, but theyre just learning! The best thing you can do is leave the healthy fledgling alone
One parent was still in the nest.
5 or 6 hours later it had moved to the back of the yard and I caught a parent feeding it, so I moved the camera to that area.
Feeding and stretching wings.
On the 21st I walked out and it took of running and flapping its wings like it was trying to take off. I haven't found that section on the recorded video yet.
Around 2PM on the 22nd I saw it on the fence between my house and my neighbors, with a parent feeding it.
I don't know how it got up there? Maybe the parents coaxed it with food.
It was still there that night.
It was gone at 6:30 the next morning.
I haven't seen it on the 23rd.
On the 25th I sqw it in the backyard with a parent feeding it.
They both took off. She had no trouble flying. She stopped on the fence then took off.
On the 28th I saw a dove back in the nest. The next day I d put the camera back at the nest and when she flew away there were 2 new eggs.
May 30 - She's been on the nest for 2 days without leaving except when I put the camera up. I guess the father is out training the new chick how to hunt, but I wonder how long she can last without water. I put a pan with some water near the nest, but don't see any evidence from the camera that she has left long enough to get a drink unless she's doing it at night when the camera may not detect motion.
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