Fifteen Days Old   Big as they are getting to be, the youngsters demand for food never slows down - in fact, if anything, it increases as they get closer and closer to being able to fend for themselves. I often wonder what birdie-parents think when they see that gaping big beak lunging at them - somehow, I don't think it's, "Aw, how cute!"

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