Like Philip I am inclined to think that this is very unlikely. Philip's
suggestion that the provision of food, or lack of it, would be a more likely
method of encouraging nestlings to fledge, if they indeed need
encouragement.
Regards
Greg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Veerman
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 11:58 AM
To: ;
Subject: A Question about Eagles
That is a new one on me. Although there are always surprises in nature.
Eagles bring branches of fresh leaves to the nest but that story, the
engineering involved and the suggested motivation sound absurd to me. The
young of most birds want to leave the nest generally as soon as they can and
will walk around and exercise their wings until they are ready. Provision
and placement of food would be a far bigger inducement to fledging than this
method.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Sent: Sunday, 14 September 2014 10:28 AM
To:
Subject: A Question about Eagles
Hi,
I heard a story recently about a species of Eagle that puts sharp sticks in
the middle of the nest to encourage the young birds to leave the nest.
Apparently the parent bird starts off by putting the sticks in the middle of
the nest slowly working more towards the edges until the young birds have no
where left to go and they are forced to leave the nest.
Does anyone know if this is true or not?
Regards,
Mark
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