(verb) - To acquire the feathers necessary to fly.

To grow the wing feathers necessary for flight. To become ready for flight and independent activity.

(See Nestboxes) - to acquire the feathers necessary for flight or independent activity. To rear until ready for flight. To cover with or as if with feathers or down.

Begin to fly

feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"

grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"

develop feathers until able to fly or leave the nest.

When a baby bird first leaves the nest. A "fledgling" will often spend a day or two on the ground, practicing to run and fly. Fledglings are often attacked by predators.

To leave the nest, usually with the ability to fly or run.

The term used to describe the behavior by which a nestling bird leaves the nest under its own power. At the moment when a nestling martin fledges, it is usually escorted on its first flight by many of the other birds in the colony.

pirere When birds learn to fly and can leave the nest.

The act of leaving the nest once all the necessary feathers have developed. To acquire the feathers necessary for flight or independent activity.

The act of birds leaving the nest or nest cavity after reaching a certain stage of maturity.

Fledge is the stage in a young bird's life when the feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight. It also describes the act of raising chicks to a fully grown state by the chick's parents.