RED-SHAFTED FLICKER BABIES 2004: Hatchlings to Fledglings
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5 June 2004:  For 2 to 3 weeks Mama's been sitting on eggs.  How many?  Now we know!
12 June 2004:  The babies are still just a jumbled mass of bodies--but starting to get feathers.
20 June 2004:  What beautiful feathered babies!  Somehow Mama's finding food for six big ones.
28 June 2004

One flicker baby checking out the world before leaving the nest. How many are still inside?  When we checked the next day, all had fledged.