Pinfeathers By the morning of Mother's Day, the chicks are beginning to look more like little birds. They are now 8 and 7 days old, respectively, and their pin feathers are well underway. These 'pins' are quite sensitive to the touch, and there is much rumbling about inside the nest these days - like people sharing a waterbed, if one moves, it disturbs all the others. Can you see the little bits of food still stuck to Dan's beak?

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