One baby chick has disappeared from the nest. It could have been pushed out by it's sibling because of competition for food, or just may have died due to a health problem or other reasons. Regardless, we're now down to one chick. The remaining chick has trippled in size since birth 3 weeks ago but still has it's all white fluffy downy feathers. It's now feeding itself on what Mama and Papa hawk bring to the nest and even spends time grooming it's feathers. It's about half way through it's "childhood" so to speak. Prediction: I'm expecting it to take flight from the nest on or about May 17th.
***UPDATE 5/19/12: The chick was there on May 17th...but gone on May 19th....pat,pat,pat...I'm patting myself on the back for the accuracy of my prediction.
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