OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[allikat]

I'm so excited!  These little chicks are soooo cute!   

Congratulations Orville and Scout! 

[skygirlblue]

YIPPEE....4 little ones...I finally caught a feed..nothing fancy and rather long...but glad to see...I found myself talking to the screen..."feed the ones in the back...you missed the little ones..."...boy I really do miss the sound...I hope they can try and fix it on banding day...of course, we will have missed those sweet little sounds...Oh well, I'm just glad I haven't seen "disco fever" tonight and that we've got a cam...

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRBJaFPtRA

[maggieblue]

I just checked in on Columbus and thought "Why are those 2 chicks sticking out from under Scout".  And then I realized that it was Orville!  I guess he was having a little trouble getting everyone fully covered. 

Oops.  Mom is back and everyone is under wraps for the night. 

[carly]

*sigh* She ate all the food herself.  See it's not just me!!!  Does Orville ever step in and feed them? 

[maggieblue]

YES, four little chicks    Now if she would only feed them.  She is eating while the oldest 3 have their beaks wide open and are tying to move towards her. 

[maggieblue]

Scout has another large piece of shell in her beak and is shifting around.  I wonder if we are going to see chick number 4?   

[maggieblue]

Last year we were yelling at Scout to move further in. but she got the hang of it and all were fed really well. this morning she gave them big chunks.

Happy that I am not the only one who talks to the birds.  There was (and maybe still is) a feeding underway but the picture is flashing so much that it was difficult to see.  Scout was a little far away again and the chunks were pretty big  

[bev.]

Last year we were yelling at Scout to move further in. but she got the hang of it and all were fed really well. this morning she gave them big chunks. She will get used to it. she was a really good mom. Just a very cautious one.  Making sure the food is of the right quality  I know some of those.
I was  just there and must have missed number 3

[carly]

Oh excellent, thanks Maggie!  I see the egg shell there 

[maggieblue]

I think that chick number 3 just arrived!

[carly]

And we're over it now!  Feeding of 2 chicks taking place    Oh they are adorable 

[carly]

I was just on another site and apparently Scout does have issues sometimes with feeding her chicks, she thinks they will come to her and doesn't realize they are too young to walk yet.  They said she did the same thing last year and again she left without feeding them  .  She stands too far away, almost like she's afraid of them...very interesting.  Obviously she figures it out at some point as they all were raised to fledge last year 

[Moonstar]

Thanks for the video.  I can't see any of the camera's at work.  They have disabled the viewers.  You made it possible for me to see the chick right after hatching.

[allikat]

Umm...what the heck is she doing.  The chick is starving and she's 2 feet away from it so she keeps eating the food???  Get closer mom..oh no!!  Is she going to leave again??

Don't worry....she really doesn't need to eat yet...she absorbed the remainder of her yolk before hatching....My first video....yipppeeeeee....I think Scout's feet were asleep....she can barely wak out the door....bless her heart...I hope its ready to post...may still be processing...

video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgDrXjzkhs 

Great video SGB...I still find it absolutely amazing watching these raptors with their little delicate chicks.  Listening to them vocalize while feeding, feeding them while tearing apart their kill to feel their young.  Truly awe-inspiring!

[allikat]

Sooooo cute...At least I got to see this live 
I was watching her trying to get the little chick under with the eggshell and wasn't succeeding.  Both TPC and I were telling her to get the new born chick under her and I was picking away at the screen with hopes that I could magically make the eggshell move