Cheering for #5

                #5 in the upper right, eyes closed. Note the size difference between #5 (ten days old)
                and its siblings (12 days old.)

by Trina

#5 is the temporary name (suggestions are welcome) for the fifth owlet who hatched 2 days later than its siblings and is considerably smaller, weaker, and easier to miss when feeding. We want ALL the owlets to survive, which is not likely, we know, but for now they are all still alive, and for now, I'm paying particular attention to whether #5 is getting fed during deliveries. Feedings are fairly frenetic, making it hard to see exactly what's going on, but once in a while we get a decent glimpse of #5 in the hubbub:

Here, #5 is on the left, struggling with a piece of something dead, while DH feeds the other owlets in the upper right corner:

Here, #5 makes a move and gets fed:

#5 gets food:

Here, a mere 22 minutes later, #5 gets fed again. You can hear his little beak clicking against the nest box wall as he struggles to get something down: