one week old

The 2 oldest chicks are now one week old and have grown quite a bit as you can see from this comparison montage:

Today's shot was taken at the end of the morning when the chicks were fed another pigeon:


This was before we had some rain. In the gap between 2 showers, the female looked like having a sip from the puddle in front the nestbox:

We had some thunder and Dad popped on the ledge to check on the rest of the family:

Then we had a lot more rain: