A note about Keeping ALL of Us Safely Together:  Please check back on Monday … I am working on a Keeping-In-Touch plan if the coronavirus keeps us from the lake …
H&G Nest has TWO chicks.
Kinda hard to see, but the two dark lumps at the brim of the nest and between Mom Godiva and the trunk are chicks.
Dad Petruchio at First Nest seems to be as confused about the way the world is atilt as we are.
One of the chicks at First Nest … BIG isn’t it
Both of the chicks at First Nest
From left to right is one of the chicks and then Dad Petruchio;
see what looks like a piece of typing paper above Dad and where the chick is staring… that is Mom Kate’s tail.

 

Kate was on a mission to feed her chicks this morning while dad Petruchio waited in the nest with their family.  She left her perch about 1000 feet from me and she was in a hurry.  From the time she passed me, caught the fish and went past me again, passing back towards the nest, the trip took her all of 20 seconds.  I watched Kate catch two more fish in the next 15 minutes.  Those chick(s) were well-fed this morning.