The Oberhausen chicks are 30 days old already. Growing into juveniles by the day. It is obvious we have 1 male and 2 females at this nestsite. The male is smaller and much faster in his molt to the juvenile plumage. Beautiful brown he is. He's a cute little guy, quite nosy he is.
The 2 females are bigger, and still covered in down. Look at the legs, they still have big patches of white around them.
This transformationproces is fascinating, from chick to raptor in 42 days. It is a real energy consuming proces with an enormous metabolismrate. It must be agony for the little ones, to grow at this speed. They are exhausted all day, and that is no miracle considering. Sleep little ones, in a fortnight you will fly and become buccaneers of the skies.
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