Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel

[Marbzy]

11:21 Mom must have chased T53 away


11:21 My job is done, says Mom


11:23 A mynah collects some griffon down

[Marbzy]

11:26 One chunk of food actually did fall to the ground - the chick is trying to eat it


11:30 The little griffon develops a mohawk along the back


11:33 The mynah returns

[Marbzy]

11:35 The chick is aware of the visitor, but does not seem to care


11:37 Let's do some stretching (and flapping, and jumping in the air )


12:04 Haven't we met before?

[Marbzy]

12:07 The chick may not appear too confident, but T53 is no bully (anymore)


12:11 The white-headed guest likes sticks (this stick will eventually slip out of the vulture's grasp and down the cliff)


12:13 Do they come together for a chat?

[Marbzy]

12:18 Alone again...


12:29 ... but not for long. Here's Dad


12:30 More supplies

[Marbzy]

12:32 That was a quick feeding!


12:58 Here's a well-fed bird


13:36 The chick's very talkative today

[Marbzy]

14:06 Here's another opportunity to assess the chick's crop


14:10 Mom's back!


14:12 Look down, Mommy

[Marbzy]

14:12 The chick's excited like a kid on Christmas day


14:14 Food rules


14:14 A gust of tailwind almost upends the begging chick

[Marbzy]

14:16 A few useful tips from Mother


14:17 Bye!


14:45 Pre-flying practice

[Marbzy]

14:46 Wing flapping is followed by gliding practice


14:47 Count my feathers!


15:24 Dad would be proud to see this

[Marbzy]

15:27 Dad may well have been watching!


15:29 There's some begging (not as lively as earlier in the day)...


15:30 ... but little reward

[Marbzy]

15:36 The chick is unable to distinguish the parents from other griffons...


15:37 T38 is another regular


15:37 T94 makes a cameo

[Marbzy]

15:38 Hey you, why did you drive through a red light yesterday morning?


15:38 Both the tourists suddenly become alert


15:40 Something is going on out of view

[Marbzy]

15:40 Here comes Dad to restore law and order!


15:41 I might as well give you a bite since I'm here


15:41 Dad leaves carrying away his bulging crop

[Marbzy]

16:41 It's gotta feel a bit hot out there


16:44 Two new faces!


16:45 And it's a lesson in counting

[Marbzy]

16:45 OK, let's go and see some other flats in this neighbourhood, honey


16:46 And one by one they left


16:51 The camera operator then got bored of all these visits


The chick, with no other birds in view, is right in the centre of the image, all alone and exposed on his/her ledge.

[Marbzy]

16:52 The camera spends the best part of the late afternoon focused on the Eqyptians


18:34 The chicks have started to grow feathers


22:08 Good night, little griffon


The chick is now 104 days old. Though foreign visits to the nest have become the norm over the past few days, visitors to the nest are showing less aggression than they did say a month or even two weeks ago.

Have a good weekend, everybody!

[Polly]

Hello Marbzy

So is the chick now accepted, so to speak?
I'm surprised that this nest seems to be pretty lonely. Griffon vultures are colony breeders and very sociable. If I understand that correctly.

It will fly out soon ... .

Have a nice Sunday Marbzy for you too!

[Marbzy]

6 June

01:31 Sleeping on the floor


09:34 A very good morning


09:52 Attention!

[Marbzy]

Between 13:00 and 13:25 the chick engages in lively exercise which involves jumping (both high jump and long jump) and flapping the wings, extending the wings as though for gliding, and picking up sticks from the ground.

13:27 The chick's developing into an exemplary juvenile with a couple of bare patches at the base of the neck


13:55 Here comes Dad


13:58 This is the first visit at the nest (at least) since 9:34