ML383598951
Contributor
Rosie Howard Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Genovesa--Prince Philip's Steps
Galápagos, Ecuador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Media notes
Young chick, perhaps only a few days old, is begging for food from its parent. The parent obliges and coughs up a fish, much too large for the chick. The parent consumes the fish to digest it.
Observation details
Nesting pairs on scrapes in the ground, some with one egg and some with one egg and one chick, whistle = males, honking = females, couples skypointing, Only one chick from each nest will survive. Many nests asynchronous.
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- Original file size
- 78.81 MB