Could they get any cuter?

First hatch happening right now for Velcro and her unbanded mate at Detroit Zoo.!

Woo Hoo!

First feeding chart of the season!

There are a lot of blue circles. DC is really trying.

His feedings have leveled off a bit the past few days. More in hunt mode than feed mode.

First feeding chart of the season!

Pin feathers!

  NO!

Early morning feeding by Beauty. It may be too soon, but I'm thinking we have a boy and a girl. What do you think?

I'm giving it a bit more time. The smaller one is also the younger one based on feather development. But the feet are smaller too, so...we shall see!

I'm not going to wager on male/female quite yet. The smaller one is clearly the younger right now...the down development isn't quite as far along yet.

I believe we have a blue foot and a pink foot!

For the newcomers...pink feet will turn yellower soon. The blue feet will stay bluish for a while. I don't think we've seen a "blue foot" as an adult yet to see if there's a difference in the color then. It's just a normal variant in color that we often see in Beauty & Dot.ca's offspring.

Interesting tid-bit: See that tiny white bump on the eyas beak? That's the "egg tooth" the eyas used to chip away at the egg until it broke open!

Thanks I love learning these details!    

Question - lately Beauty has been down in the area below the edge of the front of the scrape.   Is she letting them be "on their own" while keeping a close eye on them?   It reminds me of when my kids were toddlers and I would occasionally let them think they were being independent while I could watch them.

So much fun watching these eyas grow!

Kathryn Jensen

If she's lying down in the area right in front of the box, she's sunning herself to get rid of feather mites.

One of the parents is somewhere within visual range of the eyases at all times. It might be challenging to find them, but they are there.

Interesting tid-bit: See that tiny white bump on the eyas beak? That's the "egg tooth" the eyas used to chip away at the egg until it broke open!

The final brooding chart for the season!

Does it look like the last egg isn?t going to hatch?

Unfortunately I think it's not going to hatch at this point. Sad, but 2 is good!

Every time I open the cam and find Dot on the eyases I just have to smile!

Another feeding

I'm really enjoying watching them feed them together. Dot is only eating the pieces that are really too big for the eyases right now! 

And 4th breakfast!