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9 Weeks Old 7/19/03 - All Chicks Have Fledged
After hours of observation it appears that the nest is never left vacant. Sleeping, eating, perching, and preening make up the daily activity. During all of the observations a dutiful male, when not hunting, perches primarily in trees on a coastal bluff about 100-150 yards away. Being unable to distinguish one chick from another makes it difficult to know if all have fledged, until at 8 1/2 weeks a remaining chick exposes muddy wet legs, divulging that he too has joined his siblings in flight.
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