The chicks “scream at food”, but that cannot be blamed on their troubled upbringing - it’s in their nature.

The Daily Liberal paid a return visit to the baby birds that landed in the hands of WIRES volunteer Dennis Whitton on January 6 when Dubbo City Council deemed the tree that hosted their nest “structurally unsound”.

Just days before their parent had attacked Dubbo pedestrian Paul Jackson.

The birds have gone from a nestful to a brat pack in just a fortnight and Mr Whitton is delighted with their progress.

“Until a few days ago they were in a hospital cage,” he said. “Now they flap, stretch, fly and feed themselves.”

Mr Whitton has already mapped out the peewees’ future - they’ll be placed in an open aviary and he will provide food for as long as they come back for it.

Mr Whitton has not just provided round-the-clock care for the chicks - the city’s attention has rested on his skills.

“People have been saying, ‘how are the peewees?’,” he said.

“I’ve been raising peewees for years, but these are the first with any fame.”