to fledge

Examples

• All

• Only after seven weeks of nest life is the galah ready to fledge.

  Academic text (1991)

• Parents fattening for the molt would have to either desert their offspring before they were ready to fledge or die themselves.

  Academic text (2008)

• Could the chicks grow fast enough to fledge before their parents had to desert them to molt?

  Academic text (2008)

• We noticed that just before owlets fledge, a strip of white feathers appears around their beaks.

  Academic text (2010)

• Before condors were removed from the wild, chicks stayed with their parents for several months until they fledged.

  Academic text (1999)

• The chicks overwinter on land, are fed frequently in the spring (September and October), and then fledge when food is abundant.

  Academic text (2008)

• The incubation period is 34 to 42 days, and chicks fledge in about 80 days (Williams 1995).

  Academic text (2008)

• Owlets fledge in late May or June, just when the boreal forest is teeming with inexperienced young prey animals.

  Academic text (2003)

• The baby eagle was excited to finally fledge and take its first flight from the nest.

• After several weeks of feeding and care, the chicks were ready to fledge and explore the sky.

Synonyms

F

to feather

vsto fledge

1 3.7

To grow feathers, as young birds do

means growing the wing covering specifically needed for flying rather than general use

How Feathered

to fly

∞ 1.0

to fledge

• Specialized

3 7.1

to feather

1 3.7

to hatch

69 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology