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Decorah N2B 17/04/3 14:44 Floppy fish snack & D28 moves bit of shell from inside pip

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There is a 3x magnification of D28 moving a piece of shell once from inside the pip at 5:28. I'm not certain which hatchling is which but for the purposes of the description I'm using the prominence of the egg tooth and neck strength to ID them.
0:11 Mom starts to stand up to grab a floppy sucker fish
0:29 the nestlings pop up after Mom moves off the nest cup
0:48 Mom rouses while D27 starts pecking and grabbing D26
1:03 Mom grabs the fish and moves it then the fish moves it's tail
1:21 Mom starts feeding from the fish
1:24 D26 starts pecking and grabbing at D27 with both ignoring the bite that Mom first offers then drops
1:34 Mom offers another bite of food that both hatchlings ignore in favor of squabbling so Mom swallows the bite
2:22 Mom tries to feed D26 too big of a bite and D27 manages to grab a small piece of it
2:50 While D27 lies down Mom feeds D26 four bites
3:16 Mom tries to feed D26 too large of a bite then eats it herself
3:30 the camera zooms in as Mom is giving D26 another bite
3:49 Mom feeds D27 a bite
3:57 as D27 moves a crack in the egg comes into view
4:02 D26 pecks at a bite Mom offers that is too large then Mom eats it herself
4:16 Mom heads back to the nest bowl
4:21 from the inside of the egg D28 moves the shell once
4:35 Mom settles in to brood
5:05 the camera zooms out as Mom arranges grass around the nest cup