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Location Bird Island Metadata Make Nikon F90 IOC Names Order Phaethontiformes Family Phaethontidae Comments
The chick hatches with grey down. It will stay alone in the nest while
both
parents search for food, and they will feed the chick twice every three
days
until fledging, about 12–13 weeks after hatching. The young are
not able to fly
initially; they will float on the ocean for several days to lose weight
before
flight.
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