![Dora - first feeding](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1559/26647438885_9cf4613a19_b.jpg)
Meanwhile, Christo remained on guard at the nest. At one point, he remained vigilant for a couple of hours.
![Christo guards the nest](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1675/26041441324_cda25449c6_b.jpg)
Dora eventually emerged to stretch, but did not fly off.
![Dora stretches](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1684/26554141442_5bec06f2ea_b.jpg)
Here is the nest from a different angle. Christo is on the branch to the right and Dora's dark head is barely visible above the rim of the nest.
![Dora and Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1457/26041434534_5551208ce4_b.jpg)
Christo made several food deliveries to the nest. Here, he grabs an adult starling from the ground.
![Christo with a starling](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1565/26554780262_30855a8ac3_b.jpg)
![Christo with a starling](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1675/26648115235_7d75675a04_b.jpg)
On Sunday, he caught and delivered a baby starling.
![Christo delivers a baby starling to the nest](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/26043712563_5809c8bb37_b.jpg)
Later in the day, I saw him take up another adult starling, then raided a blue jay nest. He seemed to be focused on small prey.
Below, Christo removes what I thought were leftovers.
![Christo clears food from the nest](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1627/26041462194_dcdaea0f82_b.jpg)
It turned out he just needed to prepare the food a bit more, so he took it to a nearby tree, plucked the feathers, then took it back to Dora in the nest.
![Christo with food](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1639/26582057501_2b6c0dc825_b.jpg)
![Christo with food](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1523/26374356190_3a6c729c7f_b.jpg)
The two of them stayed on the nest for a really long time. On Sunday, I didn't see Dora take a break until 7pm.
![Dora & Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1671/26041477084_d3d5f02d21_b.jpg)
The proud papa.
![Christo, king of the flagpole](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1532/26374191370_45a4538fff_b.jpg)
![Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1595/26374207820_ddc488d736_b.jpg)
Based on previous years, if we assume the first hatch was on April 23, we can estimate fledge time to be in 45-50 days, which would be around June 7-12.
It will be interesting to see whether or not the ability to climb the branches of the tree will make a difference in the development of the young hawk(s) this time around.
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