[SBB] Eating and testing their wings

[Mark Bohrer <[[email protected]]>]

American avocet chicks (http://tinyurl.com/77o86) hatched and fledged early 
this year at Palo Alto Baylands on San Francisco Bay.

Now it's almost time for their neighboring black-necked stilt chicks to 
take their place in Nature's world. The Baylands have been home to the 
youngsters while they paced the marsh and ate non-stop.

Sometimes they get tired and head for shelter under Mom's feathers: 
http://tinyurl.com/7brlz

When the adult stilts fly off to chase northern harriers 
(http://tinyurl.com/d5pjm) or other predators away, the youngsters hide by 
the pickleweed. Most of the time the kids hunt and eat: 
http://tinyurl.com/col6l

Chicks constantly flutter their wings even though they don't have all their 
feathers: http://tinyurl.com/auf8l

Soon they'll take off into the sunset on their own: http://tinyurl.com/735qb

All comments welcome.

Mark Bohrer
Mountain and Desert Photography
www.mountain-and-desert.com
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