Day 14 — Four chicks confirmed, possibly five

Hatch + 1. Female on the cup overnight without leaving. First clean cup-view at 07:48 PT showed two chicks. By 11:14 the camera caught one chick beside one remaining egg. By 16:51 the cleanest count of the day, with the cup region cropped and CLAHE-enhanced from the Tapo close-up: at least four pinkish chick-bodies piled together, possibly five. The Gemini classifier capped at three (it backs off on piles), but the in-person look at 17:50 confirmed four-or-five. The male transitioned cleanly from courtship feeding to provisioning — 11 visits across the day, 26 clips with both adults at the cup, chicks gaping in 25 clips. Full write-up: Four Chicks, Maybe Five.

Day’s metrics.

• Clips: 574
• Sunrise / sunset: 06:05 / 20:05 PT (14 h daylight)
• Dad visits: 11
• Mum-and-dad-together clips: 26
• On-cup share: 91%
• Chick-gape clips: 25
• Visual chick count: ≥4
• Human events: 1 (Casey at the nest, 17:50 PT)