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Post by Hezz on Oct 18, 2021 2:23:51 GMT
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Post by jellybean on Oct 18, 2021 19:22:16 GMT
What type of bird is she Hezz? Has she built a new nest or is that last year's? It's a beauty, and so is she.
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Post by Ira on Oct 18, 2021 19:27:23 GMT
Such a bright little beauty!
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Post by Hezz on Oct 19, 2021 0:33:51 GMT
Isn’t she just beautiful? . She’s a sunbird, jellybean. It’s only a few months since we had our last hatchlings from this nest, so this was a “move straight in” setting up house.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 19, 2021 13:53:12 GMT
Hezz Love the image of you sat in your car, taking photos of her like a private detective on a stake-out.
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Post by skysmum on Oct 20, 2021 21:05:49 GMT
These little birds are gorgeous Hezz , so pretty. I love the way they build the little rain porch over the hole, genius Are they quick to lay, hatch a go like our robins, there one minute gone the next?
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Post by Hezz on Oct 21, 2021 1:33:27 GMT
These little birds are gorgeous Hezz , so pretty. I love the way they build the little rain porch over the hole, genius Are they quick to lay, hatch a go like our robins, there one minute gone the next? Yes, they are quick; I heard cheepings yesterday while mum was out so we know what she was doing, busy, busy busy feeding her family. According to Wiki, hatching takes two weeks and they leave the nest three weeks later … I’m actually surprised at the three weeks as it never seems to be that long, but we know everything grows faster in the tropics.
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Post by criswell on Oct 21, 2021 8:43:52 GMT
Wow. She is amazing
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Post by skysmum on Oct 22, 2021 21:15:56 GMT
These little birds are gorgeous Hezz , so pretty. I love the way they build the little rain porch over the hole, genius Are they quick to lay, hatch a go like our robins, there one minute gone the next? Yes, they are quick; I heard cheepings yesterday while mum was out so we know what she was doing, busy, busy busy feeding her family. According to Wiki, hatching takes two weeks and they leave the nest three weeks later … I’m actually surprised at the three weeks as it never seems to be that long, but we know everything grows faster in the tropics. Ahhh, the robins incubate for 13 days, once hatched they fledge in 14 days so about a week earlier, blink and you miss it
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Post by Hezz on Oct 30, 2021 5:55:52 GMT
Please to update that Chick #1 has flown the coop. #2 is still in the nest as of now, but I’m guessing he/she will have their maiden flight tomorrow. It must be hard for Mum and Dad to have one out and about and one still in the nest. They do seem to look after the new flier when they first come out. That’s not even two weeks since I first knew that there was something definite happening in the nest. It was another few days before I heard cheepings. Wiki obviously didn’t ask my sunnies how long it took them to mature.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Oct 31, 2021 16:23:51 GMT
That is fast! It must be such fun for you to watch the new babies go for their first flight. Are they the pretty yellow as babies?
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Post by Hezz on Nov 1, 2021 1:15:32 GMT
#2 Chick left about midday the next day. We have what I hope are another couple “house-hunting” at the moment as well. Wouldn’t like to think it was the same poor Mamma. The chicks are yellow when they leave the nest, TPM. Before they are fully fledged they are that fluffy grey that most birds are as nestlings. First flights are always funny - they fly more like a butterfly, all over the place, than a bird.
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Post by jellybean on Nov 1, 2021 8:23:29 GMT
Glad all went well with the 2nd chick, it must be a joy to watch.
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Post by skysmum on Nov 1, 2021 21:31:20 GMT
I'm so pleased both baby's got away ok Hezz It amazes me how they reuse the nest, i don't think many of our garden birds reuse old nest's.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 2, 2021 1:09:58 GMT
Maybe they are good recyclers, skysmum, and could teach us humans a thing or two. The nests last for ages even if not used as they are generally under cover, so I suppose it does save a lot of effort to revamp an old one, rather than start from scratch.
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