This blog introduces the breeding and child-rearing struggle of little grebes that bred in Inokashira Park in 2018.
The chicks who had been observing the previous year were wiped out. Let's see the whole story until the chicks grow up well this year! I started writing this blog.
Eat a lot and be big!
In the nest behind the aquatic life house, the fifth egg, which I was worried about, also hatched safely.
All of the five chicks have grown energetically, and recently they have begun to move away from their nests with their parents.
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The speed of growth of the chicks is amazing.
They have already left the nest and started swimming with their parents.
The size of the chicks is quite different because there is a week-long gap between the first egg hatching and the last egg hatching.
The size of the brothers is quite different.
Big brother or sister, I was already trying to dive with my head in the water.
The little brother or sister clings to the backs of his dad and mom and doesn't seem to want to leave.
Dad Grebe flutters his wings to get down to the chicks on his back, trying to dive to go fishing.
But the chicks on their backs just don't want to get off.
Then Dad dived with the chick on his back.
Oh, is that okay?
I was worried, but nothing happened, the little chick immediately popped up and joined the brothers straight.
They leave the nest and slowly go around Ochanomizu.
During that time, the parent bird gave the chicks shrimp and small fish several times.
It seems that the number of small animals is increasing explosively on the bottom of the water, and at the same time as the parent birds dive, they catch food and carry it to the chicks.
When the sun shines, fine bubbles spring up from here and there.
It is probably the oxygen released into the water by photosynthesis from aquatic plants exposed to sunlight.
The chicks will all be full and grow up quickly.
At that time, a low crow flew over the little grebe.
Her mother, Little Grebe, screamed and called her chicks.
She escaped the trouble, but she is surely being watched by the crows.
There are many other chicks that are aimed at, such as turtles, snakes, cormorants, and night herons, and I don't know when and when they will be attacked.
It seems to be more difficult to protect chicks from foreign enemies than to feed them.
After swimming for a while, everyone returned to the nest.
Nests are still an important base for small chicks, and after swimming for a while, they have a long rest time on the nest.
We all took a nap together.
Meanwhile, the parent bird will also take a break.
The chicks and parent birds that have grown to the point where they can finally swim are getting harder and harder.
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to be continued
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