Earlier we blogged that the chicks have been ringed and you may have noticed that the camera was turned off. The camera has now been turned on again and below are photos of 93, one of the boys, just after the ring was put on his leg, one of the girls before ring, and a horrified Mum – ‘what are you doing to my babies!!!!!’
Male chick 93
Just about to be ringed
A horrified Mum
The chicks were ringed this evening in beautiful sunshine. We have 2 girls 80 and 95 and 2 boys 93 and 94.
They get bigger by the day and need a lot of food…….
Feeding youngsters……
You can clearly see in this picture that the youngsters are growing their primary feathers.
Feathers!
In an effort to get out of the sun 2 of our young brood went walkabout.
Some great moments over the weekend can be seen in a new gallery of photographs of the parents.
2 chicks out of the nest
Mum is feeding the brood this morning and now the chicks are bigger even a whole foot goes down in one!
Down in one
Lunch time and we are getting bigger by the day…….
Bigger every day
The beginnings of feathers showing
Yesterday all white and fluffy. Then today the beginnings of feathers.
4 fluffy white chicks
The youngsters are very hot and don’t want to be smothered by their parents.
All sunbathing
Just after 6.00 this morning Mum came off the nest for a quick flight to stretch the wings before returning a couple of minutes later.
4 chicks
Mum returns
