I suspected that. Raptor chicks can get very aggressive and sometimes KILL the other chicks. But Big Red, the mother, is very strict.
This is a photo taken from the roof of the building across from the nest, by a Cornell person. The nearly fledging chicks last season got out of hand, and Big Red, the mother, came at them with a show of dominance... It is a very revealing photo of parental bird supervision. Big Red does not put up with anything naughty from her chicks, (or mate).
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