This made me curious, and apparently male eagles play a large part in caring for the young! They're the primary hunters for the first 4 weeks(with the mom becoming the primary later on), primary nest guardians, and develop a brood patch alongside their mate, though males patches are smaller and still more feathery.
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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 67 pts · 2y
Not long after this picture they got an eagle chick at the sanctuary and they let Murphy raise it!
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 2y
seaweedsheep@literature.cafe · 14 pts · 2y
He's fostering another chick this year!
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 2y
That's great to hear!
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth · 52 pts · 2y
Eventually they gave him a chick to raise!!!
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
Thanks, I looked it up: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eagle-who-thought-rock-was-an-egg-finally-has-a-chance-to-be-a-dad-180982034/
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 2y
This made me curious, and apparently male eagles play a large part in caring for the young! They're the primary hunters for the first 4 weeks(with the mom becoming the primary later on), primary nest guardians, and develop a brood patch alongside their mate, though males patches are smaller and still more feathery.
Sounds like that little chick was in good wings.
seaweedsheep@literature.cafe · 7 pts · 2y
He's been fostering another chick since May or June!
coffeejoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 2y
Now that’s freedom.
Jimbo@yiffit.net · 9 pts · 2y
hawk screeching noises *
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 12 pts · 2y
Murphy is a bit special