The babies are definitely reaching farther out from the center of the nest, though they still are not independently making their way around the birdhouse. The mama goes away longer and longer, but brings a lot of different things back when she returns. Like yesterday, some of those things are BIG, as seen in the pictures here. Some of those things are also live mealworms that that seem to figure into the process at some point every day.
There seems to be one baby that is a little slower and a little sleepier, but the mom has been paying special attention to that one and stuffing some of the huge bugs into that one's mouth with apparent intention.
The most fascinating change today was the little sparkly bits on the babies' feathers, that I assume will turn into a fuller covering of feathers pretty quickly. Looking forward to seeing what becomes of those sparkles tomorrow and beyond . . .
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