How many chicks are in this photo?
Do you see the third?
Hint: look at the top egg…
Nestling YARY
Nestling KAMY’s bare “baby belly”
Notice how nestling KLAY’s wing feathers are almost completely still in their sheaths
Nestling siblings
Nestling R-A-
Fledgling –A-
Fledgling BABE
BABE’s wing feathers are mostly out of their sheaths
Older fledgling KEAR. The yellow at the edge of the bill is almost gone.
KEAR’s sibling RONA
RONA being released. After this was taken, she called to her parents and was fed.
The baby’s legs don’t grow thicker after you band them? Or do you put them on loose?
We don’t band them unless their legs have reached adult size. They get fully-grown legs before they fledge; they need those legs to run around after fledging, since they can’t fly when they first leave the nest.
Thanks for sharing these! Delightful to see baby birds so up close.