El Monte Rd Red-tailed Hawk chick and Western King-bird.
This nest started out with three chicks. It is not unusual when the first hatched is a female, and hatches anywhere from four to five days ahead of the other nest mates that first hatched starves the rest.. They just can not compete for food as the female by gender is bigger than the male counterpart and that much of a head start generally means doom for the others.(Natural selection and natures way of promoting the strongest) This female Red-tailed Hawk is grabbing a bit of air feeling what it is like to get off the nest and see what wings can do with oncoming winds. The King-bird often nest near or in the nest of raptors for protection against predators, and then drive the newly hatched chicks and adults crazy always dive-bombing and pecking at their heads in attempt to drive them away from their
(the King-birds) young. It is a very confused bond the king-birds have with raptors.
El Monte Rd Red-tailed Hawk chick and Western King-bird.
This nest started out with three chicks. It is not unusual when the first hatched is a female, and hatches anywhere from four to five days ahead of the other nest mates that first hatched starves the rest.. They just can not compete for food as the female by gender is bigger than the male counterpart and that much of a head start generally means doom for the others.(Natural selection and natures way of promoting the strongest) This female Red-tailed Hawk is grabbing a bit of air feeling what it is like to get off the nest and see what wings can do with oncoming winds. The King-bird often nest near or in the nest of raptors for protection against predators, and then drive the newly hatched chicks and adults crazy always dive-bombing and pecking at their heads in attempt to drive them away from their
(the King-birds) young. It is a very confused bond the king-birds have with raptors.