Bird Cams Around the World

I attended a sweet afternoon consists of hearty meals, naps and hugs

Love them HUGE crops!!!
Thanks for the pics PeSS!

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Thanks for the nice pictures PeSS. I watched a feeding today too where the two small ones were in the front and got lots of bites. Well they all had their backs to the camera but I could see.

The chicks were fed again this evening:





They are being very well fed, but at least two of the chicks look as if their down feathers have been chewed:

Is that blood on her talon?

Yes, it's probably a remnant of juice of meal but I think the contrast of the image is enhanced, which makes color vivid.

"juice" - I like that!

from an email from Laura.
"I talked with Diana Malas at Ohio DNR about Kinka and Pinkie. The bands are confirmed to be those birds for sure. Kinka's band is V/X and Pinkie is 73/E. Kinka is from the Market Tower nest 2009 and Pinkie is from IPL nest 2003. So both are Indianapolis birds. They have 3 female chicks and I male chick - Kinka's first year at this nest. This location is 4 counties east of Cincinnati and is on the Ohio River. It is a power plant. No camera is located currently there and probably won't be due to the technical requirements - there was a closed circuit camera at one time but maintenance was an issue. The closest city is Aberdeen.

Diana was very nice. I am going to email her pictures of Kinka at banding and beyond if I have them (if any of you have Kinka pictures please pass along). She is giving a talk to a group of people soon and I am going to send her all the info about Kinka's bloodline. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of Pinkie. Apparently the plant folks are just as passionate about the birds as the IPL folks and she said they will love to have the information on their birds. She says the plant folks have the privilege of naming the chicks but they haven't done that in recent years.

So we have two 2009 graduates carrying on the legacy and isn't it just so cool to have 2 Indy birds nesting together?

Kudos to Indiana DNR and John and Richard - this is the reward that I have long waited for. Thank you."

What I've been watching to see is how the mite problem is going for these sweeties. Sure wouldn't want them to go through what Phoenix went through, & it certainly appears that the bare & red areas are healing & feathers are now growing! Hopefully, most if not all, of the nests that humans band at will be dusted with something to retard mites & other parasites!

Great news about Kinka & Pinkie!

I think the dusting is part of John and Amy's routine. Oh gosh. watching a feed and one has a feather in its mouth and is trying to figure out what to do with it!

I think the chicks are looking better tonight:

Even the littlest chicks have more down feathers:

Thank you for these images, everything is improving here, the chicks are doing well, it's very a pleasure to see !
The last 2 chicks continued to attract my attention, the condition of their down was not great, especially one of them who seemed to even have a scar on his head ! But the latest images show that it gets better for them :)))
Those two remain smaller than their elders but I no longer doubt their ability to upgrading.

Congratulations to mom (I guess Dad has probably helped well while [strike]jumping[/strike] remaining distance ...)