The female adopts a begging posture and vocalises like a young bird. Both parents are involved in incubating the egg and feeding the young bird. In later appearances, she has reverted to being a young bird. After leaving the nest the young bird is completely independent of its parents. Usually no more than one young bird survives in a season. The young bird is duller and brownish with less spangling. The sexes are alike, but the young bird is browner and has a smaller bill. The young bird joins him but coughs out the whistle Pooch gave. The young bird is able to fly properly as a result. By three weeks, the young bird acquires black scapulars and flight feathers. The young bird is duller than the adult and has a shorter crest. The wild cat lures the young bird using its tail disguised as a worm. A young bird, likely hatched in late 2017, was recorded in February 2018. The young bird is like a large juvenile hobby, or small juvenile Eleanora's falcon.