The young ones are big enough to spend some time jumping up now.  Bring some binoculars and enjoy watching them.

I got a note and a photograph from a fellow hawk watcher, Sam Fisher, who took a photograph of three eyasses about 45 minutes after I left this evening.  So it looks like we do have three kids after all!

I may have counted the eyasses incorrectly at Riverside.  Both Saturday and Sunday, I only saw two eyasses on the nest.  I went back to my photographs from Thursday, and it might be possible that I mistook a wing for a head in a few of the photographs.  Until I see three heads for sure, I think it would be best if I revised my count to two, with a possible third.

In any case, the warm weather and sunlight encouraged the nestlings to be very active on Sunday.

Although these photographs may imply it is easy to see the young ones, it isn’t.  They’re rarely active and except for feedings which occur about every two hours are hard to see.  Today only two eyasses were visible at any one time.  I went through my photographs from Thursday and still think there are three.  As they get bigger, this will become easier to figure out.

I spent the weekend visiting all the nests I could to see my first hawk eyas of the season.  I came up empty.  So, I was thrilled to see three little fluff balls tonight at the Riverside nest.  I had heard reports of two chicks, but there were three being fed.  Hooray!

The Riverside pair started nesting this week.  Although this may be their first nest, they sure look like experts.