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(OCTOBER 2024 HATCHES - session starts on PAGE 23)
2022-23 season's thread
One of the 3 eggs did not hatch. KATE gathered this info for us:
SunnyKate23 Jan 2023 4:24 PMUPDATE
NEWS 29th December 2022 The egg was removed and I 'candled' it with a torch. The egg has a slight leak through a small crack, but is otherwise intact. Despite using a very strong LED torch, I could see nothing, so I think the eggshell is too thick. It may be that the chick simply could not emerge. I'll offer it to the Australian Museum.
Two chicks fledged: Indigo and Rubus, both males. Indigo, the elder, was last seen on 18 March when Diamond blocked his entry to the nest box. Rubus fledged @ 46 days but died 9 days later, the result of a flying accident.
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Therefore I've taken the liberty of starting this thread.
Evening changeover:
IMAGICAT
Parents always working together, and how the little ones growing.(Sorry timings not in order doh!!)
Alright I am going,I HEAR you!!!!!
contentment
Oh my goodness, not been about for a couple of days, how they have grown!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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A recent snap of the unco-operative duo:
(My internet has been very unreliable since the big outage a week or so ago but I don't think anything drastic has been missed.)
A force feeding of a reluctant youngster CHOL:):)
and the video of the session by Cilla NSW
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23 October
Xav leaving after Di arrived and claimed the late lunch:
After tea, #1 (I've forgotten the names already) nabbed a morsel and had a go at self-feeding, then carried it around for a good while:
Thanks Scylla, and me like wise.,so relooked , but i dunno which is which Ha!!!
..Garrama ...(.Hunter) and Yira.....(.sharp)
Garrama (according to chat),walking on strong legs from one corner to tuther
and later Diamond brings feed but sound asleep,
till she wakes them
NEWS 24th October These nestlings are almost three weeks old (19 and 20 days) and are starting to show their 'bandit' face. They are both eating well and have put on a lot of weight. They have already had six prey this morning.
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25 Oct breakfast
07:44 - Oh dear, a poor Starling was brought in alive and took a while to expire during plucking. Sheer coincidence I happened to catch sight of it
Always so sad to witness,but needs must, and of course a good education for the youngsters.
Incidentally as I Type, Nest Cam, the PUMP is running (17.10) for about 20 mins, so turn your volume down CHOL:):)
SunnyKate2 said:PUMP is running (17.10) for about 20 mins, so turn your volume down
There have been times when I've had no sound on the nest cam and I wondered if they'd turned it off cos of the dreaded pump.
Currently, the kids are sleeping in a little heap in a corner and Di is on the ledge.