A trio of raptor trio goings-on

Some more screenshots from the nestcams I've been watching. 'Tis the season for a lot of them to have things happening, after all.

First a bit of an update on The Trio - Starr, Valor I, and Valor II, the three Bald Eagles nesting together. A storm having destroyed their nest after the end of the previous nesting season, the trio have built a new nest nearby. This is the closest closeup available, but luckily the nest is still in the camera's sight. This year they're raising a clutch of three eaglets! The chicks are already big and starting to be ready to fledge.

This nest has been difficult for me to keep up with since the stream doesn't have a backlog, but they're still interesting to follow even in less detail and through other watchers' reports.

Then a few shots of the Cornell Red-tailed hawks, starting with this adorable closeup of the youngest chick, K-3. Starting to change eye colour from baby blue-grey to light brown.

The rowans are blooming!

Best smell best smell

 

Okay, that's all.

Baby buzzards self-feeding

The Cornell Red-tailed hawk chicks are learning to handle prey items and eat on their own.

[Warning that most of the screenshots will show prey, including ones where it's not the focus]

First a bit of allopreening from K-2 to youngest chick K-3.

And toe nibbles for big sibling K-1.

Three osplets!

Alma & Ossi's third chick hatched during the night, so here's a peek at the full clutch during a feeding:

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Wet buzzards, wobbly osplets, and mantling falconets

A rainy morning at the Cornell Red-tailed hawk nest.

[Warning for some screenshots showing prey, but only slightly and from a distance. The nest has gotten a lot tidier as the chicks have grown, as it usually does at this stage. Also a bit of dried blood on a chick.]

A few closeups for starters.

A pretty sunset

Pocket-sized lesbians

Well, it is almost Pride Month. Featuring Skye and Tumult from my plethora of raptor OCs, and a flag I not-so-coincidentally made to fit them both.