Jim Ford wrote:
... It's distressing to see it get weaker, with the adults not
being concerned, and eventually it goes missing because it's died and
the adults have disposed of it.

As I reported here a few years ago, it's even worse when the dead chick is
largish and in rigor mortis and fails to co-operate with the ejection. Then,
I could see the parents were spending too much time trying to extract it so
I sneaked in when they were not looking and removed the corpse.

Mike.
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