Bird Watching: Osprey season 2010. Towards fledging., 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
The chick decided that seeing it was hunkered down it might as well have a snooze, which it did for about 20 minutes. When it awoke, Big Hook moved towards it and was about to push her chest into the chick. The chick didn't react and Big Hook, as she did when doing this same action last year, then flew off. It isn't an aggressive act but it's very purposeful, I don't understand what the purpose is. She did the same thing the other day before flying off.

Presuming this is the first chick that hatched, it is now eight weeks old.

Oh, and it's a year today since Harmony prematurely fledged.