Birds, cams & babies update

Sorry for the delay in updating the blog, but with as many cams as babies and devoting a lot of time to chat this breeding season, I ran out of time for this hobby & something had to give. So…

Bluebirds:
First egg was laid on April 10th, 2009. Last egg was laid on April 14th, 2009. Hatching began on April 28th. Mother stopped brooding & abandoned feeding duties on May 6th. Father took over. All 5 fledged on May 16th 2009. I was not able to get a great recording but did get one outside the nest & one leaving. Go to the feedmecam live stream and click “ON-DEMAND”, then “Eastern Bluebirds Fledging”.

To simplify things, I will not be doing multiple bird streams in the future, so if they do a 2nd brood, I will be broadcasting it it all here with other cams as multiple windows instead of multiple streams that you have keep track of: www.ustream.tv/channel/feedmecam. So a one-stop-shop from now on for streaming/chat. Bookmark it, pass it along, stop in & chat…

Chickadees:
4 eggs laid. 3 hatched. Only one made it but looks good. UPDATE: the little one fledged at around 2PM on May 23rd. I think I caught the fledge on video & caught some of it outside the box. I will post that in the “ON-DEMAND” area mentioned above soon.

Feedmecam (user-controlled):
The user-controlled feedmecam has been upgraded to an Axis 233D. However, USRelay is still having problems getting the presets to line up but hope to have it fixed & tweaked soon. UPDATE: Yee-ha. I’m declaring the control cam FIXED.

I have started using twitter more to update fledge time, where the cams are (lol) etc., so please feel free to follow me on twitter:
http://twitter.com/kipdraper