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

MargaretK wrote:
The day before yesterday, Big Hook did that action where she approaches the chick, adopting an unusual posture. It is actually predictable, except I have no idea what it means. She had been on the branch and Whopper was laying down on the nest. Big Hook started to make moves to return to the nest and I thought that she was going to do this action, which she did. She squatted down, like in this photo and I'm sure if the chick had been standing up, she would have done that chest shove thing. However, because the chick wasn't standing, she flew off, which she always does after going through these motions. who knows. Maybe the purpose will become clearer with more observation.