Bermuda Cahow 2021 Hatch Highlights

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The chick from the CahowCam2 burrow hatched around 9:30 PM on March 9. Enjoy these highlights from the first few hours after the chick emerges. A pair of Bermuda Petrels have been incubating their single egg in an underground nesting burrow on Nonsuch Island, Bermuda. After 47 days, a break or "pip" on the surface of the eggshell signifies that the chick has started the hatching process. Listen as the female returns to the sound of soft peeping from her chick in the egg. After more than six hours, the female reveals half of an empty eggshell as she makes arrangements to the nest. Moments later she shifts her body over the nest and offers the first peek at the hatchling at 9:28 PM on March 9. After hatching, the chick's downy feathers are still damp as it wriggles underneath the attentive parent. Within hours, the down dries and fluffs up, giving the chick a poofy covering of warm, insulating feathers. The female has food reserved in her crop, and she is quick to offer the hungry hatchling its first meal. The adult takes a short break from the nesting burrow, granting the first unobstructed view of the chick in its full fluffball form. In the span of three months, this tiny chick will grow to the size of an adult and will be ready to soar thousands of miles over the Atlantic Ocean. Follow the story of one of the world's rarest birds on earth live on the Bermuda cahow cam. The CahowCam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Nonsuch Expeditions

Published 2021-03-10 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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