Screenshots from the Cornell Red-tailed hawk nestcam from the past few days.
cw: some of the screenshots show prey, and some show a bug (bumblebee), but neither are seen very clearly.
Chicks in the midst of one of my other favorites of their pastimes, aside from napping in a pile: tracking the movement of something together. L2 at the back, L4 and L3 at the front, and L1 standing on the right. L4 is really starting to catch up to its siblings in size!
L3 back, L4, L2, L1 front. Right after a feeding and full-cropped. L1 and L2's plumages are starting to develop some orange coloring on the chest. L3 and L4 are not quite there yet, but all four are now rapidly changing into their juvenile plumage from baby down.
Clockwise oldest to youngest.
And mom with L4 and L1, after a day of many meals. L4 certainly looks like it's getting enough to eat, lol. The little one has been very tenacious from the start at getting to the front row at feedings despite starting out so much smaller than its siblings.
L3 and L1 back, L4 and L2 front. Tracking mom flying away from the nest.
L3 (with L1 in front of and L2 behind it) watching L4's wing workout. Everyone has clearly visible flight feather growth now.
L1 spots a bumblebee buzzing around the nest, and tracks it.
L3, L1, and L2 lined up, L4 behind them.
The bumblebee returns. L1 and L3 take notice.
All three. I managed to catch the bee in a closeup behind the Cornell Lab logo.
The bee flies closer, and L4 notices, too.
L3, L2 back, L4 and L1 cuddling at the front. All looking at something interesting happening outside the nest again.
L4 and L1.
L3, L1, and L2 watch L4 wingercising. And stumbling.
Flight feathers are very visible now on the youngest, too!
Back comparison.
L1 and L2 are now four weeks old, and L3 turns four weeks today. L4, who is a week younger than the oldest in the clutch, will be a three-week-old for a few more days.
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