5/13, Riverside at 102

The baby red-tailed hawks at the Riverside Drive are now big enough to be seen during feeding. Two were visible Monday afternoon about 4:15.

First view of the nest on Monday showed the mama hawk perched on the bare branch that sticks out to the side of the nest. Just chilling and preening and maybe watching passers by on the park walkway below. Also the cars making the loud and almost constant drone below.

Then she popped up and flew a tight loop and landed on the nest just as papa arrived with food.

After which he took off and mama started feeding the nestlings. At first she was toward the right side of the nest and one could just see the top of the fuzzy head of one nestling to her left as it was getting fed. Then one could see a bit more of it, including a few beak-to-beak transfers of morsels.

But then mama switched to the left side of the nest and quickly enough two baby hawk heads became very visible.

If there's a third baby hawk up there, then it's likely the youngest, not big enough yet to be seen or to muscle its way in for a bite. Hard to say at this point, but it should be easier to decide in a few days.