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The Mating Tree: Baby Cormorants Have Hatched!

November 11, 2015 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

On Monday, I went to Balyang to see what was going on. I was so excited to see that three of the nests I had been watching had chicks in them! They are very young, I’m guessing up to a week old. All are located in the top right hand corner of the tree.

I only caught one parent feeding. I’ll definitely be going a lot over the coming month to watch the little guys as they grow up.

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Courtship

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Finally, these guys learned that it isn’t always fun nesting so close to each other.

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If you look in some of the photos, the chicks have opened their eyes. This makes me wonder if they are more then 7 days old. They aren’t really developing any feathers and the red near their beak is still see through. Definitely need to do my research.

Filed Under: Barwon River, Geelong Tagged With: balyang, little pied cormorant

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