Looks to me like they are confused and almost attempting to feed the babies. Only one scene near the end looked rough, but it they wanted to harm those babies, they sure could have.
The young male is likely related, one of last year's offspring or a second 'mate' to the female, one who didn't father the eggs but won over the female's affections enough to get close on a regular basis. - theory-
I mean all he did was lightly peck them. I'm sure they al survived. Atleast it's not barn owls where previous seasoned owls kill and eat their brothers and sisters from a new clutch
A subadult threw three hatchlings from our purple martin house just this last season. One was still alive on the ground so we kept it in a warm room in a flowerpot with a towel over night and gave it to a wildlife rehabber the next morning. So happy the little one pulled through! (PS, if you find dead animals like the chicks we found in your yard, just put them off to the side so other animals can eat them! don’t throw them away! usually they’ll be gone after a few days and another local critter has had a nice meal. Something bigger than a baby animal I would probably drive to a forest and leave for the critters there to eat so I don’t have to deal with the smell)
Great video. We had purple Martins when I lived in Iowa as an kid. Hotel boxes for them. Lived on a lake. Great bug catchers. You could just see the evil eye in that Male bird. Probably a juvenile from the year before?
Attacks were more like annoyances, like a big kid moving around and pinching the little kids. Bird tried to cover up the camera with part of the nest LOL but that didn't work
ThePainCadet no, all six nestlings successfully fledged (left the nest) and then returned there to sleep for a week or so. After that they began the long migration down to Brazil.
Yeah purple Martins are the largest swallow in North America. They were going extinct because of European Starlings being introduced so lots of people started making artificial houses for them out of gourds like the native Americans used to do. The natives did it to encourage them to nest around their camps because they are a natural type of insect control.
Adilah O, thank you immensely for that info. I've seen several of such artificial nests, which I'd never really thought anything of; but now I know better. Aww, I love swallows!! Very beautiful and precious birds.
Around some of the lakes in Iowa people put up purple martin houses. They look like a bird hotel. We always had one. Helps them and us by keeping bugs away.
That bird seemed extra bitter that he doesn't get to be a lazy kid anymore and was taking his aggression/jealousy out on the babies. He was so salty when mama bird ignored him and started feeding the babies, that's when he started pecking them.
Don't anthropomorphize birds. Trust the title of the video. PMCA has experts who have been observing Martin behavior for decades. This is competitive bird behavior, which is sometimes violent. Male Martins do a lot of atrocious things, including raping and even gang raping, sometimes injuring and killing females. They have the drive to mate, sometimes at any cost, even if sometimes that is counterproductive and a female dies. Not all males are like this, but some are. I'm not an ornithologist, but I believe it's extremely unlikely that this is an instance of a bird having parent issues. It's just the brutal part of nature. And it's not just the males in a species. Female horses will kill another mare's foal to give their own foals a better chance to survive. Nature can be violent. We think of it as lovely, but it's not always so. It's sometimes a vicious and battle for survival. It's fascinating to observe our Martins, and we adore them! But sometimes there are some horrible things they do to each other which we might not be aware of.
I believe that both PMCA and Adilah O are simply interpreting the video from two different perspectives. The beginning title cards were the best scientific theory from a biological survival point of view to explain this behavior. Adilah O is contemplating possible motivation for the birds behavior. Science doesn't normally deal with topics of motivation due to it being subjective. What Adilah O said won't be acceptable in a scientific journal or educational material. But in a TH-cam comment, I believe is fine.
I Think He Lost His Mate And Chicks Now He's Grieving And Don't Know What To Do He Was Torn Between Feeding Them Or Killing Them🤦🏽I Hope He Found A Widow Bird With Chicks To Feed And She Took Him✨✨🙏🏽👍✨✨
Wow no way, that was so unbelievably distressing, I can’t believe he pecked their backs a few times! Jesus thank you so much for letting us know how difficult that was to watch! Oh my I’m shook...
Matt D What if you were one of those chicks & felt the pain of those bites from it, it wants them dead to bring the female bk on heat again, as with male Lions, that certain birds did this I didn't know, Might be some new info on how certain preditory dinosaurs might have been to youngsters that lived in familly groups as we know now with some ie giant T.rex & the small Troodon, both the smartest dinosaurs for their size!🌳🐊
That's what happens when you're in a open relationship.
No wonder the number is decreasing. They have murderer in the family.
@@izlannn there must be a shortage of food for them to be doing this. They are likely their fledglings from a previous brood.
Hes like the weird creepy uncle that still lives at home. Eww
kim davBG what’s wrong with that? Lol
Hey don’t talk about me like that!
@@inspiradorupees3029 Hello uncle
Gracias desde Cozumel, México.👑🍸🌄
I never knew this kind of behavior went on. Explains the squabbles I've seen at my martin house.
?? That didn't really look like an attack though. Just saying.
It wasn’t really an attack just one who came and began pecking at the chicks
Click bait
@@v3ryculturedman140 you mean "chicks" bait. (Get it?) 😆
Worst video ever
1:22 mmmm feather
1:29 NO DON'T EAT THAT!
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He’s up in there like “so lil dude wake up, when you say yo moms gonna be back again..?”
He's just pecking them to get up and clean that room!
Even birds has cctv camera in their room
This is 21st century
The government watches *every* citizen
Dads like o hey there buddy! 😃 whatcha doin lookin all sketchy by my kids?? ...👀... 😅 .. 😏😕🤔 ... 😮😢!?
I love the birds. Baby and lovely!
He said:"Auww so cute my nephew I want to cubit-cubit,,i can't control my feelings"
Looks to me like they are confused and almost attempting to feed the babies. Only one scene near the end looked rough, but it they wanted to harm those babies, they sure could have.
They sound like light-saber effects. :3
most likely the older brothers - thats why parents did not attack them
So lovely watch!!
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Paid actors these dudes and their offspring's
I love the birds 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
I watched this last season it was mint
Why didn't the parents attack it? They acted like it wasn't even there.
They seem very preoccupied with feeding the young. In the first instance, they jump on the young to protect them.
The young male is likely related, one of last year's offspring or a second 'mate' to the female, one who didn't father the eggs but won over the female's affections enough to get close on a regular basis. - theory-
There is something wrong with birds they seem to be dumb
Clay Chester Clearly you’ve never had a bird
I would say that it is either a fledgling from a previous brood or perhaps a release from a rehabber
Какие они дружное
He seems confused. Parents don't care. I'm surprised the father is not protecting his territory.
Me too. Just why...
Perhaps offspring from a previous brood
I love how he tries to feed them a twig
its not a twig, if you look closely its a dragon fly. I mean birds are stupid but not THAT stupid.
@@eliu8 not all birds, they can actually be quite intelligent
I mean all he did was lightly peck them. I'm sure they al survived. Atleast it's not barn owls where previous seasoned owls kill and eat their brothers and sisters from a new clutch
It’s as if they don’t even know they’re on cctv
I love birds
It didn't look like they were attacking the nest to me?
A subadult threw three hatchlings from our purple martin house just this last season. One was still alive on the ground so we kept it in a warm room in a flowerpot with a towel over night and gave it to a wildlife rehabber the next morning. So happy the little one pulled through! (PS, if you find dead animals like the chicks we found in your yard, just put them off to the side so other animals can eat them! don’t throw them away! usually they’ll be gone after a few days and another local critter has had a nice meal. Something bigger than a baby animal I would probably drive to a forest and leave for the critters there to eat so I don’t have to deal with the smell)
I am surprised by shocking images. I am concerned about chicks.
CAUTION: bird brain at work.
He expects it to happen but its almost like they are confusing it as one of their young
The young male is likely related, one of last year's offspring
I don't understand what even happened
Not much to be honest. I don't know why there was a warning at the start.
Yea
The younger birds are in the process of trying to kill the hatchlings.
JulieOntology probably not really trying
This bird was so lost 😂
Wondering ! Really wondering
Which one is the culprit .? I can't understand a thing.
The last adult in the nest. Really you wouldn't see that???😟
Ah foiled again! Those 5 newborn chicks were way too tough
Glad they weren't injured
he just checking them
Great video. We had purple Martins when I lived in Iowa as an kid. Hotel boxes for them. Lived on a lake. Great bug catchers. You could just see the evil eye in that Male bird. Probably a juvenile from the year before?
Attacks were more like annoyances, like a big kid moving around and pinching the little kids. Bird tried to cover up the camera with part of the nest LOL but that didn't work
Attack? Lol... I was expecting a blood bath
Not an attack it appears he looks like he puts them in silence mood
Did the nestlings die?
ThePainCadet no, all six nestlings successfully fledged (left the nest) and then returned there to sleep for a week or so. After that they began the long migration down to Brazil.
good
The Rocky Family has come so far since then :)
OK, it may have given a hard peck or two, but I really wouldn't have considered that an attack.
It was such a brutal attack to be honest. No remorse no mercy only blood blood and once again blood
2 baby mommas? Lol
This video quality was excellent... too bad you didn't include the attack...
Well, it is a weak ass attack. It isn't a bird of prey nor a stork. Those do kill chicks.
Good thing beaks evolved for insects.
WOW ! This was seriously difficult to watch. Has anyone seen my glasses?
Beautiful birds! Are they a species of swallow?
Yeah purple Martins are the largest swallow in North America. They were going extinct because of European Starlings being introduced so lots of people started making artificial houses for them out of gourds like the native Americans used to do. The natives did it to encourage them to nest around their camps because they are a natural type of insect control.
Adilah O, thank you immensely for that info. I've seen several of such artificial nests, which I'd never really thought anything of; but now I know better. Aww, I love swallows!! Very beautiful and precious birds.
Around some of the lakes in Iowa people put up purple martin houses. They look like a bird hotel. We always had one. Helps them and us by keeping bugs away.
Penelope and her suitors.
Their behavior was very non-aggressive. Is it possible these are this pairs chicks from last year trying to mooch free food?
Is that their older chick??
That was anticlimactic.
IN THE PAIR HAVE ONLY TWO BIRDS NO THIRD ONE 👈 WHERE IS THIRD ONE COMES FROM👈😠 0:50
Talk about falsely accused..
Can someone explain please, why the parents didn't react on this intruder?
The young male is likely related, one of last year's offspring
Man... which one is the Imposter among them.
Are all three bad guys? Can't figure this out
Атакует слишком громко сказано. Никто никого не атакует. Просто покусал не особо сильно и всё. Попробовал так сказать на клык)
Да это по ходу их же птенец, только с предыдущего выводка. Он таким же был пару месяцев назад. Ещё помнит, где его дом.
Did it kill them?
No.
That bird seemed extra bitter that he doesn't get to be a lazy kid anymore and was taking his aggression/jealousy out on the babies. He was so salty when mama bird ignored him and started feeding the babies, that's when he started pecking them.
Now that makes more sense than the title. Good Job!
Don't anthropomorphize birds. Trust the title of the video. PMCA has experts who have been observing Martin behavior for decades. This is competitive bird behavior, which is sometimes violent. Male Martins do a lot of atrocious things, including raping and even gang raping, sometimes injuring and killing females. They have the drive to mate, sometimes at any cost, even if sometimes that is counterproductive and a female dies. Not all males are like this, but some are. I'm not an ornithologist, but I believe it's extremely unlikely that this is an instance of a bird having parent issues. It's just the brutal part of nature.
And it's not just the males in a species. Female horses will kill another mare's foal to give their own foals a better chance to survive.
Nature can be violent. We think of it as lovely, but it's not always so. It's sometimes a vicious and battle for survival. It's fascinating to observe our Martins, and we adore them! But sometimes there are some horrible things they do to each other which we might not be aware of.
I believe that both PMCA and Adilah O are simply interpreting the video from two different perspectives. The beginning title cards were the best scientific theory from a biological survival point of view to explain this behavior. Adilah O is contemplating possible motivation for the birds behavior. Science doesn't normally deal with topics of motivation due to it being subjective. What Adilah O said won't be acceptable in a scientific journal or educational material. But in a TH-cam comment, I believe is fine.
@@julieontology7214 Sure, but this behavior was decidedly not aggressive. Chances are just as likely that it's a young bird just hoping to steal food.
he is their stepfather
It's not an attack... The bird was just rehearsing to be a parent
That thumbnail bothers me
are any of the chicks injured?
One of them had some scratches, but they all seem fine today, you can check them out on their live stream.
They seem to be ok for now.
Purple Martin Conservation for now?!?!?!?!
I Think He Lost His Mate And Chicks Now He's Grieving And Don't Know What To Do He Was Torn Between Feeding Them Or Killing Them🤦🏽I Hope He Found A Widow Bird With Chicks To Feed And She Took Him✨✨🙏🏽👍✨✨
Wow no way, that was so unbelievably distressing, I can’t believe he pecked their backs a few times! Jesus thank you so much for letting us know how difficult that was to watch! Oh my I’m shook...
I was distressed by how little happened, hoped he would slay one or two of those little squeaky weasels :(
Ive seen worse
much ado about nothing
Matt D What if you were one of those chicks & felt the pain of those bites from it, it wants them dead to bring the female bk on heat again, as with male Lions, that certain birds did this I didn't know, Might be some new info on how certain preditory dinosaurs might have been to youngsters that lived in familly groups as we know now with some ie giant T.rex & the small Troodon, both the smartest dinosaurs for their size!🌳🐊
طير أبابيلة ورد ذكرها في القرآن
Bad uncle
Не по сеньке шапка 🤣
Haha
Are they swallows?
Yes, they a part of the swallow family
The male had not attacked.The chicks went to sleep as their tummies are full just as the human babies do.There is no sign of aggresion by the male
Are you on dope?
It looks like the older broder has some psychological issues... birth defect
This nasty fellow trying to make a meal out of the ,if he can
😀😃😄😄😁😆
Not all birds and people are good.
Attempted murder albeit a weak attempt
I don't see any attack but massage only
Omg!I couldn't take all the blood and gore,it was sickening.. Lmao..God bless..
There wasnt blood
@@snirmor6194 obviously u missed the joke but God bless.
Hello
Que pena o passaro mata filhote de outros
خليل حمو
это же стрижата.
That bird is creepy and abusive I want to smack it
Hi
I love birds but i hate birds killing other birds
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It's like picking on high school freshmen.
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