One of the regular duties that I've had since coming to Midway is monitoring 3 reproductive success plots for Red-tailed Tropicbirds. This week we had our first chicks hatch and the photos with this post show the adult sitting with a 3 day old chick under it's wing. This is a typical pose that we see when the adult is sitting with the chick. Soon both adults will be at sea at the same time and the chick will sit alone waiting for the adults to return with food.
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