Comments on: Bluebird Babies! http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100 feeding critters online Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Stephanie(birdwatcher) http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-875 Stephanie(birdwatcher) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:23:56 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-875 Hi Kip! Have a great 4th of July! Hi Kip!
Have a great 4th of July!

]]> By: Suellen http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-844 Suellen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:08:11 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-844 Thanks for all your efforts Kip!! You did an amazing job trying! Hope we'll see a third brood. Zippity doodah..sniff sniff...dippity day. Thanks for all your efforts Kip!! You did an amazing job trying! Hope we’ll see a third brood. Zippity doodah..sniff sniff…dippity day.

]]> By: Stephanie(birdwatcher) http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-841 Stephanie(birdwatcher) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:00:19 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-841 OOppsee! I sang the zippity do da song wrong!:( OOppsee! I sang the zippity do da song wrong!:(

]]> By: Stephanie(birdwatcher) http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-840 Stephanie(birdwatcher) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:17:58 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-840 Yes, I saw the adult in the house also, but he or she had food in her mouth like she was looking for the babies. Hopefully they will have another brood. Thank you Kip for all your efforts and keeping us posted! Its also fun chatting with you on ustream. Will you be keeping that chat available? If not, is ok. I will still be frequently posting on your blog and still watching the cam! Yes, I saw the adult in the house also, but he or she had food in her mouth like she was looking for the babies.
Hopefully they will have another brood.

Thank you Kip for all your efforts and keeping us posted!
Its also fun chatting with you on ustream. Will you be keeping that chat available? If not, is ok. I will still be frequently posting on your blog and still watching the cam!

]]> By: Kate http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-839 Kate Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:13:52 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-839 Hi Kip, I already saw an adult bluebird in the birdhouse just now, so maybe they will have another go of it this season. It's sad that this group didn't make it, but unfortunately that is part of the cycle of life sometimes. Creatures that raise young in groups tend to lose some of those young from some their litters, broods, etc. Not everything in nature has the storybook ending we would like to see, but it is still wonderful to have a chance to watch these birds and their chicks. Thanks for all you do to make it possible for us to have this view, and for all your efforts at keeping the little ones safe and sound. And thanks for the update on the two birds from the previous brood of chicks. Great for you to have a chance to see them out there, making their way in the world! Kate Hi Kip,
I already saw an adult bluebird in the birdhouse just now, so maybe they will have another go of it this season.

It’s sad that this group didn’t make it, but unfortunately that is part of the cycle of life sometimes. Creatures that raise young in groups tend to lose some of those young from some their litters, broods, etc. Not everything in nature has the storybook ending we would like to see, but it is still wonderful to have a chance to watch these birds and their chicks. Thanks for all you do to make it possible for us to have this view, and for all your efforts at keeping the little ones safe and sound.

And thanks for the update on the two birds from the previous brood of chicks. Great for you to have a chance to see them out there, making their way in the world!

Kate

]]> By: Stephanie(birdwatcher) http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-837 Stephanie(birdwatcher) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:50 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-837 Zippity doo da, zippity a. My o my what a wonderful day. Zippity doo da, zippity a, Plenty of sunshine heading our way. There a bluebird on my shoulder......! Zippity doo da, zippity a. My o my what a wonderful day. Zippity doo da, zippity a, Plenty of sunshine heading our way. There a bluebird on my shoulder……!

]]> By: Kip Draper http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-836 Kip Draper Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:06:21 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-836 The 3 chicks have moved on to greener pastures. They will get a nice burial today down by the lake where our chocolate lab is buried. I figure he could use a bluebird or two on his shoulder; he was definitely an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Remus" rel="nofollow">Uncle Remus</a>-type, "Mr. bluebird's on my shoulder...zippity-doo-da..." As far as what happened, I don't think these chicks ever had a chance. When I brought them in on the heating pad, I couldn't even get their mouths open to take a syringe of egg yolk. There's absolutely no way they could have taken a worm; it's all they could to to just breathe. I have the remaining egg on a heating pad but it's obviously a dud. So the nest has been cleared out, the blowfly grate has been modified, and wishing for a 3rd brood though their trust in me is probably pretty low at the moment. Thanks for watching and I wish it could have been a happy ending as before, but there's always next time. On a high note, while looking for the mom yesterday in the binocs, I spotted the dad feeding a male and female from the last brood, so I know at least two have become pretty mature birds and they're hanging around. PS: The new main cam should be here and running tomorrow (Weds.). The 3 chicks have moved on to greener pastures. They will get a nice burial today down by the lake where our chocolate lab is buried. I figure he could use a bluebird or two on his shoulder; he was definitely an Uncle Remus-type, “Mr. bluebird’s on my shoulder…zippity-doo-da…”

As far as what happened, I don’t think these chicks ever had a chance. When I brought them in on the heating pad, I couldn’t even get their mouths open to take a syringe of egg yolk. There’s absolutely no way they could have taken a worm; it’s all they could to to just breathe. I have the remaining egg on a heating pad but it’s obviously a dud. So the nest has been cleared out, the blowfly grate has been modified, and wishing for a 3rd brood though their trust in me is probably pretty low at the moment.

Thanks for watching and I wish it could have been a happy ending as before, but there’s always next time. On a high note, while looking for the mom yesterday in the binocs, I spotted the dad feeding a male and female from the last brood, so I know at least two have become pretty mature birds and they’re hanging around.

PS: The new main cam should be here and running tomorrow (Weds.).

]]> By: Lynne http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-835 Lynne Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:40:00 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-835 What's happening? What’s happening?

]]> By: Stephanie(birdwatcher) http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-826 Stephanie(birdwatcher) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:30:54 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-826 Hey Suellen! I hope you find him! Hey Suellen! I hope you find him!

]]> By: Rufus http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-825 Rufus Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:27:51 +0000 http://feedmecam.com/blog/posts/100#comment-825 Kip- Thank you for trying to save the chicks. They truly looked too immature to make it. I think you summed it up with the words premature. Kip-

Thank you for trying to save the chicks. They truly looked too immature to make it. I think you summed it up with the words premature.

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