Royal Albatross ~TF Runs Down The Track Winging & Meets Another Chick! Handsome TFT Closeups 9.14.24

The day begins with TF winging and doing his morning exercises! He starts to run while flapping and heads down the track to the right. After several minutes of being on the move and flapping, another neighbor chick comes walking up the hill. Both TF and the neighbor chick clack at one another - this chick clack-lunges at TF which causes him to retreat further to the right. TF then comes back into view and heads back to his nest - so much for chick chat and socialization lol Sheesh!!

TFT in the meantime is right below the hill close to his nest in his favorite spot. Enjoy some great closeups of handsome TFT chick! Later in the afternoon when the cam was on TF, TFT walked down the hill and now he is in the observation point area! This is way down the hill and he walked the entire way down per Ranger Sharyn! I am not sure if he will make it all the way back up to his nest but I certainly hope we do see him again before he fledges. BOK and WYL may also feed him in that area if he sees them and starts to walk towards them. At this final stage, once the chicks start to walk further and further from their natal nest there is a possibility they could miss a feeding since the parents fly in to their nest area looking for their chick. Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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