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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThousands Watch Pittsburgh Falcon Feed Young To Fellow Chick
A reminder that nature isn't always pretty:
PITTSBURGH (AP) A live broadcast of a peregrine falcon nesting at the University of Pittsburghs Cathedral of Learning shows the bird feeding three hatchlings to her first chick.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports thousands watched the infanticides over recent days through a National Aviary stream.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/05/10/thousands-watch-pittsburgh-falcon-feed-young-to-fellow-chick/
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)I hate that bitch. From the first time she refused to let me buy her a drink to when she destroyed half of Washington state with Mount. St. Helens, she's always been a crazy bitch. God I want her.
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,897 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)do what she has to do (without leaving first chick alone for predators) to ensure the survival of one. Although, I wonder if the second male hung around to help raise the chick.