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Category Archives: Carolina Chickadee
I created a small video collage of some of the backyard birds I have at feeding time. Feeding time is around 6 p.m., where I fill the bird feeder with Black Oil Sunflower Seed, sprinkle some Nut and Berry Seed, and put out a few mealworms. While I have no idea where some of these…
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I’m now on stage 3 of my disappearing bird stream. I’ve finished most of the actual layout. I still need to mortar the rocks, get a ton of mulch for the whole area, and do some more landscaping. I had delivered 3000 pounds of moss rock, and smaller amounts of river pebbles and pond rock…
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When Leecy got home today all of the baby Carolina Chickadees were gone. That’s the good news. The bad news is I’m a total idiot. I’ve had that Wingscapes BirdCam trained on the nest for 14 days now. I haven’t bothered checking the BirdCam the last couple of days since I could see the birds…
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 It won’t be long now. I think if we didn’t have this little cold front, these little birds would probably be leaving the nest tomorrow. Of course I did say I thought they would leave the nest by this weekend and I was wrong about that. Look how far they’ve come. It’s amazing how fast…
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 It won’t be long now! Those Carolina Chickadee babies look like real birds, Carolina Chickadees even. There’s 4 birds in that nest, so they are starting to run out of room to be comfortable. It was just a few days ago that they were just little pink masses with a tuft of hair. I finally…
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 I now have a new appreciation for human mothers if the job is similar to what a mother Carolina Chickadee goes through. The babies look like Carolina Chickadees now, their eyes are open, they seem to have most of their feathers, and they are now constantly tweeting for the parents to bring them food. I…
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 Well it’s now day nine for the 4 Carolina Chickadee babies. They still look really healthy, and not only do they no longer look like aliens, they are starting to actually resemble Carolina Chickadees. Before I share a picture and a video I have a disclaimer. I really need a new video camera. The one…
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 Today is day seven for the Carolina Chickadee babies. They are starting to look like real birds now and not some type of alien. All of them are starting to get some feathers, and I believe they are starting to make little tweeting sounds when they get hungry. Since this is day seven, it would…
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The 4 remaining Carolina Chickadee babies appear to be doing quite well. They are starting to get some feathers on their wings. I recorded a brief video of them to share. I need to put something on the bottom of the pole that is holding the Bird House with these babies. After seeing two Snakes…
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 Just a brief update tonight since I am getting home late. I’ll be posting lots of pictures this weekend, especially since we now have lots of Monarch Caterpillars. I just checked some of our Milkweed plants tonight, and many of them are covered in Monarch Caterpillars. The picture below is just one plant (and not…
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 I wanted to share on update on the Carolina Chickadee babies that we have in one of our bird houses. You may recall that there were originally 6 eggs, and 5 of them hatched on Sunday (all of these pictures were taken with Leecy’s camera phone). On day two, we “think” there are 5 babies,…
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This is so awesome! The Carolina Chickadee that has a nest with 6 eggs is now a proud mother of 5 (last time I checked). I had planned on putting the Birdcam inside of the bird house, but I think I waited too long. Since 5 of the 6 eggs have hatched, I don’t feel…
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 I got a few lucky shots this afternoon. The Carolina Chickadees, being very social birds, were making all kinds of chattering noises in the backyard. I was fortunate to have my camera with me when the male (I’m assuming it’s the male) brings this little piece of grass to the female Chickadee for her nest….
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 Well we have some babies now, not babies I guess, but eggs. The Carolina Chickadee that I’ve been talking about has a nice nest with 6 eggs in there. While she was out feeding or foraging for nesting material, I took the time to have a little peek inside the nest box. The picture was…
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 I know the normal answer to this question would be absolutely not. But in the case of the Carolina Chickadee who has built a nest in one of bird houses, then the answer is absolutely! I’m really liking this little bird. She (I think this is a she) is constantly chattering and gathering items for…
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