Conversations with Wobble*

[daphnep]

Feeding time! A parent (I think Dad, but I'm not sure) brings food for the babies. I watched them eat. I watched them poop. I watched them ripping something to shreds.

The adult flies away, while three little faces peer after.

Three little faces, peering. Peering is what hawklets do best.

The other two soon go back to sleep, but Wobble has the world in her sights and is going to look all around for as long as she can. Here, you can see how tawny and golden her feathers have gotten.

Hard to imagine, with her sitting up this proud, that there are two more just like her, completely out of sight below the rim of the nest.

"Whachoo lookin' at, wingless creature?!?"

*I can't really tell the chicks apart, of course. I just assume that the most advanced one is the firstborn.

Comments

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, that's so sweet!

[portia.livejournal.com]

If I didn't already know what the babies looked like I would have thought Wobble was an adult from these pictures. She is so big and intimidating-looking already. Did any of them explore the ledge while you were there? I love those three little hawky faces.

Incredible stuff.

Just incredible.

Thank you again for sharing the FI site and for sharing your own experiences with the hawk family. It's something I will never forget.

[ernunnos.livejournal.com]

"I just assume that the most advanced one is the firstborn."

Reasonable enough. :)

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

Yes, the growth of the young of most species is linear for a while. It takes time for beauty and brains to dominate. Not much, but time just the same. ;)

[artemis77.livejournal.com]

AWWW! The photos came out so well - you must have a good zoom on your camera. How far away were you? They look so BIG in the shots you got - compared to the webcam. Just amazing. I want to thank you, too, for sharing the link and introducing us to the wee ones.

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

Those are between 6 - 12X zoom. It's not as good as I'd like, but it's not bad for a pocket-sized cam.

With my eyes, watching, I can see much better. The chicklet was moving around, from one end of the nest to the other, to peer at me as I circled around below. She had her eye on me, for sure, and I have pictures of her peering at me from all sides of her nest, but you know...the dimension of the moment just gets flattened and blurred in the camera. This is the best I could do, to say "I was there. She sees me. We talked a while."