MISC BIRDS ~ 2013 - 2015

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

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BLUEBIRD MOM IS ON HER NEST TONIGHT@ BERRY COLLEGE!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

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EGG #5 @ BERRY COLLEGE BLUEBIRD NEST! GOT LUCKY AND JUST SAW DAD FEEDING MOM! :eggthumbup:

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:54 am

Well I really wish this well meaning family would stop this.
The Real PIP Ostrich Page: May 31, 2014 10:48 PM
"I started five ostrich eggs. It is a 42 day incubation, so on about July 13, 2014 they should hatch.
More on their FB page:

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:30 am

kittenface wrote:

Well I really wish this well meaning family would stop this.
The Real PIP Ostrich Page: May 31, 2014 10:48 PM
"I started five ostrich eggs. It is a 42 day incubation, so on about July 13, 2014 they should hatch.
More on their FB page:

Just came to post the same thing...let's hope things go better this time.

Priscilla · **Posted:** Sat Jun 07, 2014 3:24 pm

One of Scotland’s rarest birds will be the subject of a national survey to see how the population is faring after years of decline.............

Chough about to land
Image: Keith Marshall

beans · **Posted:** Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:21 pm

Say hello to Heather and Hudson, two wild Great Blue Herons, and their four chicks living 85 feet above the Trevor Zoo! Watch them nesting above our Wallaby and Emu enclosure. Wild herons have been nesting in the trees above the zoo for the past 7 years.

The Trevor Zoo, a member of the AZA since 1989, is the only Zoo in the world located at a high school. About 50 members of the student body care for the animals on a daily basis, feeding and cleaning about 180 animals from 80 species, seven of which are endangered. It’s a one of a kind living-laboratory that rewards the students involved with incredible learning and responsibility experiences. Millbrook School, Millbrook, NY

Nicknames: Heather and Hudson
Latin name: Ardea herodias

http://www.millbrook.org/trevorzoolive

Priscilla · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:38 am

from FB
The Berry Bluebirds are hatching! One chick is out and another egg has a crack. :egg20:

Priscilla · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:21 pm

Another bluebird baby is hatching and mama bluebird is helping the little one out of the egg!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

ALL IN ONE DAY FOR THE BERRY BLUEBIRDS. IT'S RAINING AND POOR, WET, DAD IS BRINGING FOOD LEFT AND RIGHT TRYING TO KEEP UP!!! MOM IS A LITTLE WET AND SHE HAS HER HANDS FULL FEEDING, POO REMOVAL, TURNING EGGS AND KEEPING EVERYONE COVERED AND WARM! WHAT'S THAT PLACE GONNA LOOK LIKE UP IN THERE THE DAY BEFORE THEY FLEDGE IF ALL 5 HATCH!!!

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

BERRY BLUEBIRDS! :egg19:

Priscilla · **Posted:** Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:48 am

from Fb

A nest full of bluebirds! Parents are busy keeping them fed. Such a treat after only 1 last time!

pic by Shoshana Alma

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

JUST SAW ADULT BLUEBIRD GIVE ONE OF THE TEENSY BABES A WHOLE GRASSHOPPER AND THE BABE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO TROUBLE SWALLOWING IT!!! AMAZING!

Priscilla · **Posted:** Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:54 am

from FB

Seems like the baby bluebirds are getting used to their siblings. They snuggled in a flower formation this morning.

SWINWK · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am **Posts:** 12717

OMG! PRISCILLA RUN AND GRAB A PIC OF THE BERRY BLUEBIRDS. THE CAM HAS BEEN DOWN FOR MORE THAN A DAY AND THE GROWTH IS PHENOMENAL! THEY ARE ABOUT TO BUST @ THE SEAMS OVER THERE! :teehee: