So, this is the last and final chapter of this article series. The seagull chicks have flown the nest. I have been checking on them frequently if they show up, but no luck. So, I´m sharing here some of the last photos that I took.
As usual, if you´re just tuning in here are the previous chapters:
Here´s a couple of them doing a couple of wing stretching exercises, that is always an interesting behavior to watch.
Now, these ones we really interesting. So, someone basically threw food to the seagulls from one of the buildings not so far from the nests. Two of now fully grown chicks flew to investigate and possibly getting some extra grub. They can practically fend for themselves at this point.
I saw them chasing another adult, I don´t know if it´s one of the parents but aren´t gonna get anything this time around.
After being there for a while they got bored and decided to fly back into the roof. One at a time.
Somehow they managed to land on the same chimney without any issue.
Meanwhile, on the other side of my building I found three chicks. I suspect they might come from the second nest. They are also doing their own exploring. Also I got another glimpse at a third nest from the previous entry.
I wonder if I will see them again. Probably not, but it was nice seeing them one last time.
So, this concludes my nest observations. It has been an interesting couple of months watching two nests grow. I got to see them go from this:
To this:
Now they are fully grown and ready to live on their own. I sure gonna miss them, but there is always next year.
If you have following my writing thanks for sticking to the end. I´m stopping this series here and moving on to other stuff.
