The little one is eating well!
First off, an update: Everything is going very well at the nest. After a rough "learning curve" the first couple of days, both Durand and Spark seem to have the feeding process down pat. The chick is growing fast!! It is still possible for one or more of the remaining eggs to hatch, but at this point I would be surprised if so. If it doesn't happen over the weekend then it probably won't happen. Any eggs that don't hatch will eventually be cast off to the side and ignored as the adults will shift their focus to the chick only. Sometimes the adults will remove unhatched eggs from the nest, other times they will actually consume them. In the meantime, as Durand broods the chick, the eggs are continually kept warm so we'll give them another few days before we say definitely the clutch is complete.
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