Monday, June 22, 2026
Yesterday, the summer solstice, the last young one flew. She or he was a week or more younger than the first one that flew the Monday before.* Not quite as adept as the first bird, but give him or her a couple of days.
Today both young were perched on the same rock for two hours. Good viewing the first half hour then the one facing us turned around and went to sleep. All you could see were two tails. They looked like lawn darts. A great day. We had all four birds in view all day.
Happy trails, Bob and Jerry
* It’s possible the females on the first egg before all the eggs were laid. The normal procedure is to sit on the eggs when all the eggs are laid. All would hatch at the same time. That would be the normal order of events.
