MISC GHO~2011

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63607

Hi KF...go here

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kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:14 am

Rusty & Iris update

Sunday, March 13, 2011
Cat fight!OK, so they aren't cats, but it's the females fighting!

Scarlett (named after Scarlett O'Hara) is a wild, unmated female who showed up about three weeks ago. Apparently she wants Rusty, and she wants him bad. Her level of aggression has escalated from hooting later in the morning than she should and starting earlier in the afternoon than is wise (she gets mobbed by crows a lot), to an all-out fray yesterday.

Starting around 1 PM (yes...early in the afternoon!), Scarlett showed up in the yard hooting. She landed on the cage many times, including on the "rain roof"--an area of slats covered with screen to allow the rain to fall through. Rusty and Iris were beside themselves, hooting like crazy, flying around, and holding their feathers very compressed with ear tufts up.

Eventually Scarlett switched over to squawks and started landing on the ground, trying to find a way into the cage. She landed on the braces of the cage. She was doing anything to get in.

She even flew into and hung on the chain link on the west side of the cage, where she could see inside. Iris was the one who met her challenge by flying at the chain link to attack her. Thankfully there is screen on the outside of the cage and chain link on the inside, so they couldn't get at each other. WOW!!

This disruption sure isn't helping nesting efforts. Despite the daily ruckus, Rusty and Iris keep mating, Rusty feeds Iris, and they dig in the nest. Early this morning it even looked like Iris tried to preen Rusty, even though he wasn't interested.

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of "As the Nest Box Turns."

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63607

OH Wow!!! That's just crazy!!! Thanks for the post, KF...

Ellis GHO in Canada...well, I guess this means she's on eggs...why else would she be sitting in snow!!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63607

Reno..(poor bunny)

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:16 pm

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo reminds me of all the bunnies out here in the yard

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63607

No real luck catching a feed nor getting a head count...but this little one found his wings..

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:21 pm

Oh my how sweet is that

Knorrie · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:27 pm

So sweet that video.
Thanks sgb for catching that.
At the moment no cam :cryinggirl:

Will try it again later

Knorrie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:15 pm

First look at the nest today gave me a giggle :egg11:

They were "plastered" to the wall by Ophelia at first sighting.
But to much moving I think
Little leggies,wings and a...b... :egg8:

3 hours later :egg14:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63607

thanks for the great pics, Tine...I haven't had time to check out the nest...Do you have any idea how many are there?

Annie · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:34 pm

Ellis Bird farm GHO Alberta

From today... I would also like to see what or rather how many.. :thumbegg:

Knorrie · **Posted:** Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:15 am

Reno OMS
The cam went off Friday and is still off :egg15:

A pic from Friday morning and afternoon before it went down
06.51 hour (Reno time)

14.53 hour

Maybe back Monday if it is an :redface

oms308 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:14 pm **Posts:** 15

Sorry the cam is off. We had a lockdown on Friday afternoon and that entailed closing all the blinds and shutting down computers. I was not in the building at the time and can not get back in the building until Monday. Sorry for the Ophelia free weekend.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63607

thanks for checking in with us...I wondered what had happened...but we'll check back in on Monday...

aurora171989 · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2010 1:57 pm **Posts:** 46

cam seems to be back on *knock on wood*

oms308 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:14 pm **Posts:** 15

...or someone else went and turned it on! Enjoy! :-)

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63607

Thanks!!! I'm glad to see most of the snow is gone...hopefully, they'll be a feed soon...

Knorrie · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:27 pm

skygirlblue wrote:

Thanks!!! I'm glad to see most of the snow is gone...hopefully, they'll be a feed soon...

Well my first look and...
Food enough :egg7:

Around 11.40 Local time (los Angeles to me)
What are they teaching in classroom :egg13:

Ophelia is very interested :egg11:

And that "bunny" is a good barrier to keep the little ones from dropping, I think :egg6:

Webcam is on and off all the time :egg16:

Knorrie · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:42 pm

GHO Reno
Something is not right up here :egg16:

In chat I found posts about Ophelia not there before school started :egg15:

One chick to see.
Hope for better news soon.
Cam went offline again.

Wizzz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:23 pm

From what I read on the chat box it seems they will rescue the little one left alone.... Hope they can make it there soon !

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