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The young one returned to the box where he was born and left just a week or two ago. Even looked into the box. Who says they don't have emotions?
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Green heron feeding one of the fledglings. Quite the event.
Taken at Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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The owlets have fledged. I went to check on them early yesterday morning and only saw two of the three. One was in a tree close to the road, sleeping, and this little guy was exploring the neighborhood, sitting next to a shed.
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An African Paradise-Flycatcher fledgling. See also photo of male parent. www.flickr.com/photos/leendert3/52571005194/in/dateposted/ and the mother www.flickr.com/photos/leendert3/52576545851/in/dateposted/
I found this little guy in my garden tucked away in a corner. I'm pretty sure it was in the middle of a flying lesson. Mum/Dad was around and making a racket which is what drew my attention to it. The next time I checked the fledgling was gone.
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Who is in need of ‘L’ plates. He scared me - I nearly ran him over in the lane - I just saw the movement at the last moment. Fortunately he hopped off under shelter just after this 😁
This was a very quick snap with the compact in a friends nestbox. He had seen a great spotted woodpecker near the box and wanted to check the chicks were Ok. I'm pleased to report they are and are being regularly fed, mainly by the male.. They look ready to fledge soon and I expect it will be the only time I will ever do this. What a privilege.
This is a fledgling from another pair of Great Horned Owls. This site is about 1/2 mile from my recent post of the adult GHO.
If you happen to see a robin lacking a red breast, you'll be looking at a juvenile robin.
Baby Robins look similar to adults, but the main difference is the lack of a red bib. They have spotted brown bodies and heads, and their underparts are lighter compared to older birds.
Baby robins jump from their nest when they are about 13 days old. Leaving the nest is called fledging. This is a dangerous time for baby robins.
Robin chicks are born altrical (undeveloped), and because of this need feeding and caring by their parents. Their eyes are closed from hatching until about 5 days of age, where they will start opening, before fully opening at usually 8 days old. They are also born without any feathers and will mainly be a pink colour, it takes around 3 days for the feathers to start showing - although it'll take around 10 days for the body to be mostly covered in feathers.
“I’ll leave when I want to!” These two fledglings are contemplating the relative advantages of staying safe in the only home they’ve ever known, or jumping out into the brave new world. Tough call! This year there were 3 successful blue bird hatches in my backyard. The mealworm feeder has had perching-room-only dining from dawn to dusk. Eleven brand new bouncing baby blue birds fledged out into the universe from the same house this season – perhaps the best thing I‘ve had even a small part of doing this year.
There are multiple pairs of House Finches frequenting the yard this season, seems like every week I'm seeing fledglings calling or begging for food.
A white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) fledgling is practicing flight between tree branches near its nest.
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Peregrine Falcon Fledgling
Portrait series. Love watching the peregrine fledgling... especially the first week is hilarious watching them learning how to land. This fledgling was on one of the early flights when it crash landed right next to us giving us opportunity for a few portraits... Still a lot to learn for these youngsters.