2010 Pictures from the Rfalconcam cameras

[Donna]

NOOO!    It can't be feather shafts already!     They only hatched a few days ago! 

They grow fast don't they Ei?

[MAK]

I like this for picture of the day.  Those 2 look like they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar!    

[Donna]

I like this for picture of the day.  Those 2 look like they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar!    

I 2nd it. Priceless! 

[Donna]

     

[dale]

those last two captures remind me a lot of Chris' screech owl nest box antics...I got my fix of silliness for the day...

[Dumpsterkitty]

[Dumpsterkitty]

Wings!  Well, one anyway...

[Dumpsterkitty]

These two are growing up WAY faster than I recall for previous broods (probably my memory)

Not even 2 weeks old & he's up on his feet!  OK, so he went directly to his face, but still...

And I'd swear I saw their tail feathers starting since this morning...

[KapiVT]

These two are growing up WAY faster than I recall for previous broods (probably my memory)

Not even 2 weeks old & he's up on his feet!  OK, so he went directly to his face, but still...

And I'd swear I saw their tail feathers starting since this morning...

Since there are only two competing for the food, they may, in fact, be growing up faster.  But there is also the fact that we are seeing so much more with the new cameras, both still and video.  They do seem to have grown a lot today, both in size and the ability to move around.
Kapi in VT

[valhalla]

I like this for picture of the day.  Those 2 look like they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar!    

I 2nd it. Priceless! 

Me too!  Me too! 

[Dumpsterkitty]

These two are growing up WAY faster than I recall for previous broods (probably my memory)

Not even 2 weeks old & he's up on his feet!  OK, so he went directly to his face, but still...

And I'd swear I saw their tail feathers starting since this morning...

Since there are only two competing for the food, they may, in fact, be growing up faster.  But there is also the fact that we are seeing so much more with the new cameras, both still and video.  They do seem to have grown a lot today, both in size and the ability to move around.
Kapi in VT

I think there's a bit of growing faster being only 2, but I think most of it is my perception.  It just seems like the whole tiny fluffball phase lasted about 2-3 days, which it probably does with each individual eyas.  With a scrape of 5 hatched at intervals it would take almost 2 weeks for them all to get through the tiny fluffy stage.  These 2 are doing it all together-only 4 hours difference in age.

[Dumpsterkitty]

Yup...tips of tail feather shafts starting

[Dumpsterkitty]

Dale, you're right...they're picking up where the owlets left off!

[Dumpsterkitty]

These two are growing up WAY faster than I recall for previous broods (probably my memory)

Needed a reality check...CPF's Age Guide-featuring Archer's Dad, Freedom and his sister Isis...

Day 13



As they approach two weeks of age, the chicks are beginning to sit upright more often, but still lean on each other, or against the nest box much of the time.  The very beginnings of wing feather development are also seen around this time.

Day 15



Around day 15, the chicks are beginning to enter the "hunchback" phase, during which they are often seen in the pose above, with their feet splayed out in front of them and their head angled forward.

They're right on schedule...

[Donna]

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