She fed a falcon to the eyas?? Oh horrors! Yikes!!! Just goes to show, a mom will do whatever she has to to protect her young. Thanks!
Was a first for me too. I'm guessing it wasn't just a passer through, likely it was a challenger for the nest and given they had a kid to feed... I've also seen a dead offspring eaten by a parent....twice actually. In both cases there were other surviving kids in the nest box so I could only conclude that perhaps not to attract predators, they disposed of the body by ingesting it. I didn't see it being fed to the remaining kids in either case.
The not so nice side of nature! Survival baby!
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