Screenshots from Sääksilive Osprey nests, later in the post Cornell Red-tailed hawk nest. Include visible prey.
A feeding at nest#1. Oldest chick E1 is starting to grow out of its baby down, while E3 and E2 still look more like big hatchlings.
A better look at E1's eye that's changing from dark to orange.
A feeding at nest#3 as well. Looks like they're lined up in the same order by age: T1, T3, T2.
Now T3 closest to camera.
Chicks by themselves, looking like they're wondering what sort of mischief they could get up to before mom notices. But really probably just wanting their parent-shaped parasol back.
Tiuku and her sleepy babies.
Sleepy babies at nest#4, too. Nuppu brooding N3, N1 (back of the head visible), and N2. And another appearance by the White wagtail in the top left corner.
Nemo has brought a fish. Nuppu is shading the chicks and doesn't take it from him immediately, so he starts eating it. The chicks seem interested, but how to get it?
N1 ventures out of the nest cup and waddles over to dad to beg, and he does finally figure out how feeding babies works. Good job, both of you!
Another feeding with mom. I took the screenshots inbetween the chicks getting bites so their faces are all visible. They did all get plenty.
More naps. N3 front, N2 middle, N1 back.
N1, N3, N2 from the front. And there's the wagtail again... carrying something. It hopped from behind the nest rails with that already in its beak, and looking closely, I'm pretty sure that's a
fecal sac. Turns out the wagtail is not a guest after all, but a resident! I think there's a wagtail nest under the osprey one!
Well, they are insectivores, and a carnivore nest is bound to attract some bugs, so that's probably a pretty good spot. The raptor parents also act as protection against anything that would be a threat to their own chicks, too, and the mainly piscivorous ospreys are unlikely to be a threat to the wagtail parents and fledglings.
N3, N2, and N1, eating again.
And sleeping again, as babies do.
N3 front, N1 middle/left, N2 back/right. They're all close in size since they each only have a day between them, but N3 is still the smallest, and N1 is a little lighter than N2.
N3 awake, neighbor stopping by at the corner again.
A feeding at nest#5/LS. S2 eating, S1 facing the other way.
A look at the new feathers sprouting at the back of S1's head. It's the same age as E1 and T1, so the firstborn osplets are all (except N1, who is younger) entering their change of plumage together.
And S1's eyes are getting lighter, too.
The next day S1 is already noticeably darker, and S2 has some new feathers visible at the back of its head, too.
Supper over, getting ready for bed.
Then some screenshots of the
Cornell Redtail chicks. M3 (left), M2 (right), and M1 (back) spending a rainy evening. Speaking of carnivore nests attracting bugs, I apparently completely missed that the chicks were removed from the nest on the 11th to be
treated for a maggot infestation! I'm glad they're doing better now, and that a swift intervention was possible when the problem was noticed.
Tracking. M1, M3, M2 from the front.
Loafing. M1 and M2 fromt, M3 back.
Oldest to youngest from the front.
Closeup of M3, with M1 sleeping next to it.
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