http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-53810 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:34:23 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-53810 The birds are very cute, and they're growing fatter with each day. Their mother starling monitors us most every time in the day when we come to check on them. They are very timid of us, which would be quite expected. I'm so glad their mom came to rescue them. Do they need to be very clean? I hope not, because there's a lot of excretion around them, though they're not touching it or coming in contact with it. The birds are very cute, and they’re growing fatter with each day. Their mother starling monitors us most every time in the day when we come to check on them. They are very timid of us, which would be quite expected. I’m so glad their mom came to rescue them. Do they need to be very clean? I hope not, because there’s a lot of excretion around them, though they’re not touching it or coming in contact with it.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-53054 Thu, 31 May 2007 22:35:47 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-53054 Sorry for commenting twice. I did that by accident, thinking that my first one didn't go through. Anyway, my dad saw wrong. In the morning, right after I commented before this day, the two little 'uns were huddled together in a corner of a gate door, and their mommy had just brought food to them! What a happy reunion... I just hope nothing eats them. I shudder at that thought. Sorry for commenting twice. I did that by accident, thinking that my first one didn’t go through. Anyway, my dad saw wrong. In the morning, right after I commented before this day, the two little ‘uns were huddled together in a corner of a gate door, and their mommy had just brought food to them! What a happy reunion… I just hope nothing eats them. I shudder at that thought.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-52950 Thu, 31 May 2007 11:56:08 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-52950 Laiku - Yes, it's possible. Starlings fledge (get the feathers that make them capable of flight) at quite a young age. Robins and many other birds grow and fledge quite quickly too. So, yes, it's possible that they learned to fly and are gone now. Laiku - Yes, it’s possible. Starlings fledge (get the feathers that make them capable of flight) at quite a young age. Robins and many other birds grow and fledge quite quickly too. So, yes, it’s possible that they learned to fly and are gone now.

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-52948 Thu, 31 May 2007 11:47:31 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-52948 The baby starlings. They disppeared. My dad figures they've been in that pipe long enough to be mature enough to let their mother show them to fly. Is that really how they went poof? The baby starlings. They disppeared. My dad figures they’ve been in that pipe long enough to be mature enough to let their mother show them to fly. Is that really how they went poof?

]]> http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-52946 Thu, 31 May 2007 11:45:38 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/04/28/birds-nests-and-a-bioblitz-update/#comment-52946 Today, this morning, my dad suddenly found out that the baby starlings were gone. He was on his way to get some water, and poof! they had disappeared. If they've been in that pipe long enough, then their mother must've come and taught them how to fly. Did they really learn to fly? It boggles my mind... Today, this morning, my dad suddenly found out that the baby starlings were gone. He was on his way to get some water, and poof! they had disappeared. If they’ve been in that pipe long enough, then their mother must’ve come and taught them how to fly. Did they really learn to fly? It boggles my mind…

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