April 29
Instead of writing all the stuff I should write, like all about Flower, Polly and Nate, I’m just going to give you an over view of what has happened lately. I got some attention for the web cam and got quite a few viewers thanks to Kirk and Lee. I kind of went viral for 15 minutes across Canada anyway.
Flower Polly and Nate are doing very well. They are developing a lot faster then Wind and Rain did when the weather was so cold. http://youtu.be/wuvE3pHllPg http://youtu.be/k2CwqHfe9rM http://youtu.be/wamh6BTBgVQ http://youtu.be/9iGyBviFapo
Flower’s previous chicks, Wind and Rain are out on their own now. I saw Rain the other day. She is easy to recognize because of the rather bare patch on her chest. She has moved out of the back yard and into the front area. She feeds off the balcony feeder and not the ones in the backyard anymore. She was being allowed to feed there by Flower. Wind was last seen feeding at the flowers in the front too. Meanwhile, in Hummingbird Hills, Alice has another nest right above the path again, Coral has a nest with a couple of eggs, Glory has two chicks, Halley and Louya. And they fledged when I was able to film them. Watch the videos and you will see them through to being fairly independant. http://youtu.be/mSW46GAjYLM http://youtu.be/xuzBrl2WkMc http://youtu.be/tlXe2z3VSao http://youtu.be/KfhD_yax5bM http://youtu.be/tAJA0ME3eLk http://youtu.be/NW_a67bzz9s http://youtu.be/bmgwMpqbBtU I had found Rose’s nest but it was on a thick branch and I think a Squirrel ran though it so that didn’t work out. I also found another nest with an abandoned egg in it. There is a nest in the crown of the Ocean Spray and another in the Fir tree about 50 ft up.
Weaver has two chicks hatched about Apr 15 http://youtu.be/W_-TvOHHCNk
Coral has a couple of eggs. http://youtu.be/edVas9w5GPA
Alice is sitting on two eggs above the walking path. http://youtu.be/gwa1UZxOXpM
That’s a lot of nests, eh?
The mortality rate was a lot higher when the weather was colder. Out of the six that I watched earlier in the year, only two made it through to fledging. And even then the chicks weren’t that healthy. You can see from Halley and Louya what a difference the weather makes on their development. Compare them with Wind and Rain which Fledged in early March, and you can see that Halley and Louya have a much better chance at survival.
This crop of chicks will fledge sooner and be healthier.