I wish I had more time to talk about these wonderful birds, but alas I have been in the field for the last five weeks or so.
We had a very successful nesting season with the finch's fledging two clutches. I have now taken down the cam and we will collect the eggs that did not hatch.
Thank you for all your interest in this project and I hope that next year that the birds will nest again in the same location so that I can set the cam up again.
Wing Goodale
BioDiversity Research Institute
4 comments:
Thanks, Wing. Was fun to watch the little family.
Thank you Wing, It was so much LESS stressful than the other cams. Those sweet birds were magic... It was good to have a break from the others that I watched.
You did something wonderful for all of us.
Have a great rest of the summer.
7/11 5:15pm
Thanks again Wing and family for opening up your private property for us to enjoy these finches - and enjoy them I surely did!! So many interesting things seen and new stuff learned. I learned the word 'filoplume' which is a neat new word I'll put in my scrabble file.
When my daughters were young, we read them a great book called "Two Bad Ants"(I think it was by Chris Van Allsburg- his stuff is very fun and beautifuly illustrated!) and every time I see those 2 eggs in the nest all I can think of is a new story called Two Bad Eggs. Ohhhh maybe I need more to do.
Miss all the cams - it seems like we lost everything all at once. But the outside is teeming with activity.
What's with catbirds this year? Do I just not remember that they're all over? a 'catbird in my dogwood' is fast overtaking 'the door is ajar' as my all-time favorite phrase. I really never remember seeing so many all over my yard - honestly 5 of them in the dogwood yesterday! Is it an irruption?
Thanks again Wing and I look forward to the next magical cam experience.
J in S.P.ME
7/23
Wanted to let you finch watchers know that there's a great explanation re: color of the male with a great pix of an orange male house finch at a feeder. It's at Birdchick.com Go to her blog entry for today and enjoy the color comparisons of the male. Wonder how ALL our finches are doing?
J in S.P.ME
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