You must have been a beautiful baby.......

We've watched the family the past few nights with awe and admiration. Tonight's show included posing for us, staring down Flickers which were pestering them and roosting higher in "their" deadtop fir, buzzing crows away just 'cause Ma taught them how, and being the first to grab the prey from the food drop by Thor. There were thrilling, playful flights by three or four of them between trees and over houses. We heard what sounded like food fights when one grabbed what Thor brought to eat and flew off with it only to be followed by a hungry sibling ready to fight for the treasure. We were simply treated to the deliciously normal doings of a family and a mighty beautiful one at that. Here are closeups of two of the brood.