Penny/Akilina/Camila/Kaija/Laine

It came time that Penny's brood needed to learn to hunt. Where better to find snakes than the prairie? The mother secretary bird led her four daughters through the grass, keeping an eye out for snakes. Her head was low, and she walked slowly.

The young females followed their mother, copying her ways.

Baby Snakes

There were five little snakes slithering away from their nest wehn they saw the birds.They curled up and hissed.

Penny/Akilina/Camila/Kaija/Laine

Penny cocked her head and looked at the snake closest to her. "Watch what I do." She said to her daughters. Then she extended her wings and ran at the snake, trying to knock it unconscious with her bill and talons.

The chicks stayed low and watched.