AMORA has made it up to the Harlequin ROOF, with  the help of Mark Nash! He got her after dark tonight. Clean bill of health too!   Thanks Mark!!







Pics by Murray Shields (with permission) 

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/18/3663942/baby-robin-cuddles-up-with-sw.html

If it could only be this way!   

I forgot to mention, that in looking at the calendar, I think this might be the second hatching this year.  The first is usually in early April, so there may or may not be another round after these babies fledge.   

For the first time, we have 2 Bluebird boxes in our backyard.  We got them up late but were lucky to get a Bluebird pair in one box where 3 babies fledged about a week or so ago.  We figured this was a second clutch. The past few days we've observed the male sitting on top of the other box and yesterday we found a nest being built in it.  Today, I saw 2 males-one sitting on top of each box so we could be looking for a 3rd clutch-possibly in both boxes!

  on both counts!

Our young Osprey chick is thriving, it’s a month old tomorrow and is growing at an enormous rate. The feathers are really coming through now and it’s looking more and more like its parents. Today it’s been joining in with the nest tidying and enjoying the fish dad has brought in. There was an intruder Osprey near the nest today which our male saw off, could it have been Rothiemurchus the radio tagged bird that’s been living nearby? We couldn’t get a good look but it will be interesting to see if he was in the area at the time.




Sad news today the  Blue Tits  chicks in our second nest box have died. It looks like something happened to the male last night as he didn’t return and, as it was cold, the female sat on the chicks keeping them warm for as long as possible. Eventually she had to go out and get some food for them all and the wee chicks just couldn’t stay warm. Unfortunately this is one of the things that happens in nature as raising chicks is a two bird job and without the male she just couldn’t do it on her own.

  As some of our fans have likely noticed, we now have only two chicks in the Osprey Cam nest. We think we lost the youngest chick sometime late last week. We watched the TV monitor at the Refuge on Saturday for a few hours, and confirmed we only have two. The good news is our current chicks appear to be healthy and growing fast.

http://youtu.be/Utx3hX-ULCg  Posted by Christina on fb

Love this! Thanks Christina

Close-up of Amora by Ann B

Amazing Blaze

Amora on her first flight

She moved back to the ledge, but Amora is only about 10 feet off the ground.

That's cute but the poor little guy must be exhausted!! 

Very cute, thanks. No wonder Firefox is always "not responding", so many web cams running.

It just never ends and we go through this every year! A sad ending for young Douglas.  Fly Free!

Amora at Harlequin.

Yes, all have been seen Margaret.

Amora's first flight! By Ann   

http://youtu.be/D7LtE9xqnSo  Sent to me by Kris G 

Amora finally took her first flight. Ann said in an email.   Quest only at nest now!

she is sitting on the canapy at the back door.
not sure if she can take flight from there.
blaze is all over the place, Mira took another flight as well.
 
They are on the move.  2nd email

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/eurasian-hobby

 

eBird

Yep, it's new.

K, cool! Just tested it on FB!

There are few other things that are new. Try clicking on the picture in the Archive Viewer or the picture on the Current Pictures page.

I see that, wow you can share the larger views too!!