I stopped today to check again on the female who is raising a chick on her own after mating with a polygynous male…..his other mate has one chick. Whenever I am anywhere near her nest, I have to check in. She was there and it took me a while to see the chick..as he was snoozing. Then the female started food begging….and I thought maybe her “mate” was coming. I looked around and found a totally different male perched on a water tower down the road. Then she walked around the nest edge and picked up the remains of a fairy large fish….and that got the chick up! I got to watch the feeding…..and I was so happy to see this chick with a full crop, and he ate until he didn’t want anymore and he walked away and laid down to sleep it off! Mom kept eating tho. I am sad that she lost two chicks here, but I was so relieved to see them both eating well. I don’t know if she caught that fish or if the male delivered it, but it was wonderful to see them doing well. The chick is getting big and looking healthy! She is a spectacular Mom in the worst circumstances. Amazing.
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