Yesterday Jackie and Shadow’s fast-growing chicks had a very large breakfast with both of them sitting side-by-side, peacefully taking giant chunks of food from Mama Jackie. Since they now have better eyesight and better balance, they can focus more fully on their parents and the food they are offering. That seemed to make it easier for Jackie to distribute the bites equally. Both chicks were apparently hungry and ready to scarf down everything she offered. They were so huddled together they even had their little wings around each other at times.
With all that food for energy building, the chicks are growing and developing quickly. Later in the day, the Bigger Chick had several adorable short bursts of wingersizing, while the Smaller Chick focused on sitting and balancing. The small one’s feet have also started their growth spurt, though not yet quite as clown-looking as the big one’s feet have become.
But the small one is working to catch up and later had its own little wingersizing show. Ironically, when they do have short bonking sessions, it is usually the small one who starts it…and then quickly cowers when the big one responds. For this moment, they are little pals, expressing their companionship.
Both chicks are growing and developing fast, as they must. They are now about 2 weeks old—14 days for the smaller one, 18 days for the bigger one. They must be full grown and ready to fly in 10 to 14 weeks from when they hatched. In that time, they grow from a few inches to 3 feet tall and from their tiny, adorable wings to an over 6-foot wingspan (or over 7 if they are female). Plus, they will grow all their waterproof feathers, learn to eat on their own, and much more.
Thank you for enjoying these adorable bundles of expanding fluff as the miracle of life grows them into awesome, majestic adult bald eagles!
Sandy
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