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| I sat outside watching all my birds today. I have been watching for my BBs 5 eggs to hatch (could have been as early as yesterday) Funny I knew from the females behavior that they had not hatched yet. I did a quick check to be sure and I was right. This is my 8th year as a nestbox host and I know I have SO much more to learn but it really surprises me that I can "read" my BBs behavior so well now. I can pretty much tell what's going on in the box just by watching what the parents are doing. Maybe having a few nestings in my camera box has helped. I'm still no expert but I think my experience is helping me to help my cavity nesters! Chime in with what you have learned! |
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| Hey Lisa! I have Dees nesting again this year and I could tell the day before yesterday that they had hatched. The Dees had found my mealworm feeder...well actually they found it last year and remembered...so I watch their behaviour all the time and on Wednesday they just acted differently so I knew. I didn't check until Thursday and mom wouldn't get off the nest but I could see some wiggly little ones under her. My momma blue has four eggs right now..not sure if I will get another one tomorrow or not, I think she may have started incubating. They are in a box on our side yard that isn't easy to see from the house. Also have six pairs of TRES incubating 5-7 eggs each. They are so funny how different each pair is. One pair hates me and divebombs me if I get anywhere near their box, I know it is the same pair from the last two years. Then I have one that just stares at me as I approach. She lets me get so close I can almost reach out and touch her, when she does leave she never dive bombs me, nor does the male. Most of the others all divebomb me but none as bad as the one I mentioned above. They are freaky divebombers. Plus it is just me that they divebomb, my daughter was standing out by their box last evening just trying to get them to divebomb her and they wouldn't, she touched the box and everything...I go anywhere near it and they practically hit me they get so close. I agree....you learn so much from year to year but there is always more to learn. This is my six year offering nestboxes to the Blues/Dees and TRES. Donna |
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- Posted by rachel_frome_ky (My Page) on Sat, May 28, 11 at 8:55
| That is so cool! Do you have nest cams this year? |
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| Hi Rachel, nobody was interested in the nest cam box so far this year. The TRES nested in there for 2 years and I have had 2 second nestings with the Blues so I may get one yet. Funny thing, being able to see what goes on in the box can be quite stressful. I found myself talking to the Moms (on the TV)"no you already fed that one, the baby in the back needs to be fed". They also plop right in on top of the babies and peck at them. I have thought it is amazing that any of them come out alive! It is also calming because I can leave it on all day and hear what is going on in there while I am working. You can tell when the babies are getting ready to hatch because the eggs roll around and "peep". They also "practice" flying inside the box before they fledge, they go peek out then jump back down and flap like mad! LOL Needless to say I don't get much done when I have a nest in that box! |
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