Tuesday Telling

 Monday morning at The PF Palace -

 Lord Waldo!

 It's early but I'm going with one male and two females -

 From The Falcon Wire

5/4/2020  ::   Growth Indicators

As the growth of the eyasses on the Harrisburg falcon ledge continues, development can be followed by noticing these changes:

Around day 15, the chicks are beginning to enter the "hunchback" phase, during which they are often seen in leaning over, with their feet splayed out in front of them and their head angled forward. Around day 16, dark spots can be seen along the edges of the wings, indicating the growth of the flight feathers underneath the covering of down. The down on the head also begins to take on a "rougher" texture around this time. At 19 days of age, the chicks are roughly half the size of their parents, but their feet are already nearly full-grown, and thus appear disproportionately large. Also, at this age, a small, bare patch of down begins to appear behind the eyes. Around day 20, some yellow/beige becomes visible in the patch behind the eye, and a distinct dark edge to the wings becomes visible as the flight feathers continue to grow in length beneath the layer of down. Around the three-week point, the first juvenile feathers begin to poke through the down on the breast. By day 24 the facial pattern behind the eyes is becoming increasingly evident, and some coloration is becoming visible on the upper breast as juvenile feathers develop beneath the down. In their fourth week of life, the chicks undergo significant changes almost daily. Around day 25, the brown tips to the secondaries become clearly visible, and the number of colored feathers visible on the breast increases noticeably. As they approach four weeks of age, the chicks are rapidly growing their juvenile feathers both below and above and are looking visibly darker with each passing day. At day 28, the chicks are nearing the midpoint of their transition from down-covered chick to juvenile-plumaged fledgling and are nearly full-grown in terms of body size and weight.

This information comes courtesy of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation. The primary purpose of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation is to facilitate the recovery of endangered and threatened raptor species in Canada.

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 SUNday morning chilling down -

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Auntie Di came over for a bit Monday afternoon - she was kind enough to stop at The Hive for my Monday foodables - will share here tomorrow - 

And that was our day!

Today should be a bit more productive - I've got some ideas but at the least - or is that the most - it will be some laundry

Happy Tuesday EvFURRYone!

H&K,

All Of Us At NAK's Khottage