Rubi self feeds
October 30, 2016 Shepnotes
7 pm GRAB MANTLEDi appeared with prey and one grabbed it instantly, took it to corner and mantled.
I think its Rubi who grabbed it, she is doing well self feeding!
Mel came after a bit and wants a bite too. TOO CUTE!
8.30 pm No change. All 3 lay in corner together, but either Rubi ate the entire prey or laid on it. mom never interfered. Vim went hungry, I dont know if Mel got a bite or not.
I will need to watch Arjen video - maybe using STOP motion I can tell more.
They went at least 5 hours with no parent, no food.
I too peg them as 2 females and a male.
I call the little one Vim the male.
I call the biggest greedy one Rubi
http://www.raptorresource.org/forum/ind ... ic=2288.60Gender and food shortagePublished 30 October, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross
2 females, 1 male ? I’ve been trying to line up the chicks to get a better idea of size – it can be very misleading because of the camera angles. This one is not too bad, but the “little one” could be a bit more stooped.
The poor mites must be very hungry and their last feed was at 9.40 am and will be dark soon. They did have two rosellas and a pigeon (I think) this morning, but nothing since. Weather was cool and cloudy all day, very windy at times, with showers from about 5 pm.
Diamond did bring in a scrap of food just now. It looked more like a scrap of rosella, rather than a very small bird. But one of the females (I think) grabbed it for herself. Here are some actions shots. Hope they work. Some are a bit fuzzy, but there’s no chance of cleaning cameras at this stage, alas.
http://www.gumtreecs.com.au/wordpress/g ... d-shortage