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Jul 3, 2009 | by Adrian Binns
On my visit to the Cooper’s Hawk nest this morning I could only see two of the three chicks. The juvenile feathering is almost complete so the birds are about 28 days old, though you can see that the right hand chick (below) still has a downy forehead. Fledging (when they leave the nest) normally occurs between 30 and 34 days so it is likely the oldest one has either branched out (walked away on tree limbs) or made her maiden flight.
On both birds you can see that they are being well fed as they each have a full crop – the bulging area just below the throat on the breast.
photo © adrian binns