Feeding, 29 April 2014 11:04am
Here is another short clip that clearly shows the procedure: mother stuffs the baby with a caterpillar and the baby immediately produces a fecal sac that the mother picks up and swallows (male birds will usually not do this but dump the fecal sac somewhere away from the box). This way the nest stays clean and predators are not attracted to the smell.
Btw: at the time that I write this, chick #8 has just hatched. Four more eggs to go!
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