As mentioned in a previous blog post, we were eagerly waiting for the last viable egg left on the
beach from nest K50 to hatch...well it did!
And so our youngest member of the colony came into the world on Friday morning & should hopefully fledge around 20th August. This very late hatching date means that it will have to sharpen up fairly quickly as it will be thrown straight into the arduous journey South for the Winter.
And so our youngest member of the colony came into the world on Friday morning & should hopefully fledge around 20th August. This very late hatching date means that it will have to sharpen up fairly quickly as it will be thrown straight into the arduous journey South for the Winter.
This is where those
chicks born earlier in the season will have a major advantage as they
will have had these past few weeks to build their strength & learn some
important lessons in foraging for themselves which may make all the
difference when it comes to surviving their first winter.
But the Kilcoole Little Terns are as hard as nails so no doubt this latest recruit will be back in two years time to have a go at breeding itself!
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