high mortality
Our juvenile stock doves fledged last week.Juvenile stock dove
There's high mortality amongst birds post-fledging.
Birds need to acquire skills of foraging, roosting safely and avoiding predators.
As a consequence they rapidly lose condition.
This young bird is 'one of our own' as we can see from its ring. Fledged, as I say, last week.
It is wandering around looking for food but finding little, sitting in exposed places, unaware of the dangers.
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Ringed |
Hope it avoids the sparrowhawk.
In the meantime, the production line rolls on as mum is on another clutch of eggs.
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