I was able to take a video of the female oriole feeding her young. I had to edit it because it was upside-down (I took it with my phone)...so, I decided to add a title...and captions to make it accessible. :)
Recreating a native habitat has been a dream of mine since I was about 18. It only took me 20 years, but I finally have two acres of land in the country with which to work (and play). My goal is to document the improvements I make to the property: restoring habitat & attracting birds and butterflies in addition to other wildlife.
Showing posts with label feeding young. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feeding young. Show all posts
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Nature Taking its Course, I Guess...
We have been busy and away too many weekends in a row lately. I have not been able to keep as much of an eye on things as I'd like--not that I think I could've done much to change what appears to have happened.
I knew the bluebirds were back and had been feeding their young. They were the first cavity nester to begin nesting in the meadow where I have several nest boxes. Later, the tree swallows appeared--in bigger numbers than I've had before...although the last two years, I've found their nests and eggs abandoned. I also had--what I thought was a Carolina wren. I'd seen a pair late this winter/early spring, so, when I saw a wren at a distance, I assumed it was the Carolina; however, it was a house wren. House wrens are notorious for piercing the eggs of other cavity nesters--and apparently open-nesting birds as well.
With that said, house wrens are native birds--I don't like their behavior, but I have welcomed nature to my yard. It appears that only two of my bluebirds brood survived to fledge. I always seem to miss them actually leaving the nest, but maybe some day I'll get it on video.
For now, here is the footage I got that shows the two babies getting fed by dad:
I knew the bluebirds were back and had been feeding their young. They were the first cavity nester to begin nesting in the meadow where I have several nest boxes. Later, the tree swallows appeared--in bigger numbers than I've had before...although the last two years, I've found their nests and eggs abandoned. I also had--what I thought was a Carolina wren. I'd seen a pair late this winter/early spring, so, when I saw a wren at a distance, I assumed it was the Carolina; however, it was a house wren. House wrens are notorious for piercing the eggs of other cavity nesters--and apparently open-nesting birds as well.
With that said, house wrens are native birds--I don't like their behavior, but I have welcomed nature to my yard. It appears that only two of my bluebirds brood survived to fledge. I always seem to miss them actually leaving the nest, but maybe some day I'll get it on video.
For now, here is the footage I got that shows the two babies getting fed by dad:
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Bluebird Pair Feeding Their Young
After all of the rain, we've finally had moments of sun and even a couple sunny days in a row. I set up to catch our resident bluebirds actively feeding there babies--who, I'm sure, are quite big by now...I believe they fledged the day after I took this video.
(I've had this video for a couple of days, but I couldn't upload it directly--thanks, Jeff, for suggesting posting the embedded Youtube video here.)
(I've had this video for a couple of days, but I couldn't upload it directly--thanks, Jeff, for suggesting posting the embedded Youtube video here.)
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