One of the young eyasses at the Terence Cardinal Cooke nest was very visible during an early afternoon feeding today. Before the feeding the mother took a brief break and left the nest unattended for about ten minutes. This is a sign the youngsters have grown up enough to not need the warm of their mother constantly. It will be a few days before we can see how many young there are. They hatch a few days apart, with the younger ones staying hidden for a bit longer. We hopefully will see one or two more shortly.

At this stage there is a lot of waiting, maybe 90-150 minutes between feedings. But I’m looking forward to late May when the young hawks will be running and flapping along the long ledge the nest is on.