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13:46-13:58  Female continues to feed Older and then starks to stimulate Younger by pecking his back.  Finally, Older has had enough and stops taking food, walks to edge of nest and defecates.  Younger perks up and starts getting fed.  He is fed for several minutes, both hawklets seem well fed.  Interestingly, if the hawklet drops the food the female will retreive it and offer it again.  Older shook his head once and flung the food across the nest, she retreived it and ate it herself.  Very conservative with the food, which is a bird of some kind today.  Younger really seems quite perky once he started to get fed.

 

14:15 Jay lands at 9 delivering the latest food - it is a baby squirrel.  He moves to 6 and spends a few seconds with Kay and then leaves via 9. Older is awake and is checking out the carcass which is laying near the nest.  Younger is already in a deep sleep. 

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

17:05 - F feeding large chick from 3.  Smaller chick is awake but not begging and not being offered any food, doesn't seem interested.  The larger chick seems to be walking around the nest more and has gone really close to the 3 side of the nest.  I hope she doesn't try to follow mom out of the nest. 

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The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~Author Unknown

18:55  Female in nest at 2 o'clock and Older chick alert facing 6 , younger taking a nap.  I have watched off and on all afternoon and the female has remained in the nest most of the afternoon grooming and stimulating the chicks.  The Older one veered dangerously close to the edge of the nest at about 5 - I guess that where the rails come in handy.  The younger one has remained awake most of the afternoon and the adult female stimulated it's back and it got up and walked a bit.  Wings2c saw the younger one defecate.  He still seems weak, but has been alert and awake.

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

Clear 59'

23:50 Female adult standing at 4 on side of nest.  Light breeze blowing.  Both hawklets are awake.  Younger is more alert and Older is lying on his side but awake.  Female moves onto nest very carefully gathering the youngsters under her and settles down facing 9.

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

Sunday, April 20th, 8:34am.  Temperature 57, wind SE at 10.  Forecast for today, sunny and 81.

07:55 - babies alone in nest. Large chick awake, small chick asleep.

08:00 - largest chick backed up to the railing at 6 and defecated, she then went back to the center of the nest and layed down next to small chick.

I don't know if there has been a feeding this morning, but there has not been one for the last 45 minutes.  Adult has been gone all that time. Just before 8:00 the largest check went to the edge of the nest at 7 and was stretching her neck to see over the railing.  She could get up on the railing if she wanted to.

09:50  Adult on the side of the nest at 10; hawklets together in center of nest.  Older one is awake.  Adult female flies off toward 3.  Hawklets resting together.

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

4/20/08

0933 Adult (F?) perched and preening. Both babies sleeping

0936 Large hawklet awaken, yawn and preens then falls back asleep

0954 Adult left the nest. Babies sleeping.

0956 Returns and walk across nest. Large hawklet yawning.

0957 Both adults present for a few seconds then one leaves

0958 Adult standing on rail in front of camera. I assume this is the female due the the size comparison?

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The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~Author Unknown

1005 Female leaves nest via 3 - Male left prey (looks like a mouse) in nest.  The Older hawklet is very alert completely focused on his parents when they are in the nest.  She will turn her head and follow any movement.  When the adult female left the older chick turned her head to follow the direction she left.

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

11:10 - F is feeding smaller chick from small mouse at 3.  He is standing and very interested in feeding. Larger chick is resting facing 11 does not seem to be interested in F feeding smaller chick.  For the next several minutes the female's body is blocking the view but from her movements you can tell she is still tearing at the mouse and seems to be still offering food to the left of her body which is where the smaller chick is.

11:26 - F moves away from the camera and moves the carcus to 3.  The smallest check tries to position his tail away but end up defecating towards the center of the nest.

1141 Adult lands on rail at 9 with large green branch and tucks it under sleeping chicks.  Chicks are asleep but moving about some.

1149 Adult still on rail

 

1157 Adult leaves by 9 - I believe he adult was Jay (male)

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

Sunny    Wind SSE 10       79 Degrees

13:54 Adult feeding at 5 - she obscures view of chicks

13:56 Adult moves to 9 on rail - both chicks awake.  Younger moves around to get next to Older.

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

19:05 - Both chick resting, alone in nest.  For the second time today I saw the smallest chick preening it's feathers.  He has been awake most times I have looked in today.  Right now he is doing sometime that looks like he is vocalizing.  I have seen it from the larger chick but this is the first time I have seen it from him.

19:13 - Smallest chick doing more vocalizing (looks like).  He then tries very hard to turn his tail towards the edge of the nest, twig in the way, he turns back and defecates to the center of the nest, just missing his sister.  He really seems stronger today.

20:26  Adult preening and pulling feathers from large hawklet. Maybe the small one did defacate on it's sibling, after all. Large hawklet resisting and trying to get away from Mother, without success.

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The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~Author Unknown

20:29 Mother positioning over hawklets..or trying to. Large hawklet keeps squirmming out from under her.

20:30 She is having a difficult time positioning herself and steps on both hawklets, several time. She used her beak to pull them underneath her

20:32 She has managed to control the hawklets, but appears very uncomfortable with her position.

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The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~Author Unknown