I caught mom Amelia feeding one of the chicks late this afternoon.
![Amelia feeds her chick](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1757/28809749438_00e9219980_b.jpg)
For a while, all I could see was the chick's head poking up above the rim of the nest.
![Amelia and one of her chicks](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1748/28809749828_eda38f41d8_b.jpg)
Then, suddenly, it popped up to reveal itself and a very full crop.
![Amelia and one of her chicks](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1740/28809752938_8d974487f3_b.jpg)
![Amelia and one of her chicks](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1721/28809753478_3019dd8827_b.jpg)
![Amelia and one of her chicks](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1732/28809754078_e24c6cef7f_b.jpg)
The above photos represent about three seconds out of five hours of hawk-watching, but it was worth the wait.
Amelia has been on the nest watching over the chicks most of the time, but she takes a break once in a while on the cross across the street at St Brigid's church. I was able to get nice look at her there earlier this week.
![Amelia](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1731/27789664307_59d387034f_b.jpg)
![Amelia](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1748/28786505788_d30ab8c1a7_b.jpg)
Note her light eye color. This may be an indicator that she's relatively young. I have no idea of her history, so I don't know her age.
![Amelia](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1724/28786506818_7b21743506_b.jpg)
Meanwhile, Christo has been sticking close to home, but he's been hidden in the trees. When he's not perched near the nest, he can be hard to find. I caught up with him this week as he was hunting in the evening.
![Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1725/41940628944_a747279bb6_b.jpg)
He caught a pigeon near Avenue A, plucked it and ate a bit of it before delivering it to his kids in the nest.
![Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1755/42658539261_9a546e57b3_b.jpg)
![Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1748/42658535631_061fefb9a5_b.jpg)
All seems well so far with this new hawk family.
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