Beak Boy 168 takes on only parent duties and raises chick to fledge
26 November 2025
I wanted to find a good news story for us after hearing of the death of WBSE 36. Thirty-six had been flying the morning of the 26th in Australia strongly, and it was during lunchtime that the accident occurred, which took their life on top of the building. Keep everyone at Sydney Sea Eagle, Lady, and Dad in your thoughts.
You will remember that M15 took over the care of two eaglets when Harriet disappeared. They were a month old. Others, such as Mrs T, raised her chick almost alone as did the White Rock female. Here is a posting about a male condor who lost its mate and raised – from the egg – the chick to fledge! Remarkable.
Congratulations to the Ventana Wildlife Society and to Beak Boy 168. We needed a smile today, and you delivered! This is a great organisation working hard to preserve and protect the California Condor community. Consider a symbolic adoption to help support their efforts this Giving Tuesday.
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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Great news!