the nothing ,anything ,everything thread

[opmania]

This is a thread with no particular

Topic so no one can be off topic 🙂

So if anyone out there has something 

To say about anything you like now

Is your chance

Keep it clean 

And be nice 

See how long that lasts

Can we keep politics and religion out 

Of the conversation 

[imastawka]

Aaaand we're back to the north nest...............

[lyndal1838]

It looks like Mum and/or Dad sent them packing back to the north nest so they can roost on the wooden panel and keep an eye on the little tackers.

[martinw-48]

Isn't it always mum that makes the rules?
Even for dad

[ecar3483]

Picture a child, somewhere between six and eleven years old...

They're in the car, perched right at the front of the driver's seat...

With one hand either side of the steering wheel, they're peering through the gap between the wheel and the top of the dash...

"Why can't I drive the car?" they say, "I can see the road..."... ha ha.

Luggage, the possum, who isn't such a little girl anymore is exploring the boundaries of what it's like to nearly be a "grown up"...

Yesterday she put her "independence" to the test...

Her Mum slept in the house at one end of the pergola, and she slept in the house at the other end...

That's a very grown up and independent thing to do... ha ha.

She'll probably be here for a few more weeks before "Out there" seems more interesting than "here", and off she'll go...

And poor Mother possum will be left here, all on her own...

With no one to hear her heave a sigh of relief and say "Well, that's one less thing I have to worry about..."... ha ha.

🙂

[ecar3483]

🙂

[imastawka]

Watching the falcon babies has been a tad brutal today.

So far, I've happened to tune in when she's landed with live pigeons, to despatch them for us to see.

Last night one baby slept by itself in the south nest, and was very huddled and cold.

Mumma came along at around 5am and spread the warmth for it, so that was nice.

But....if one baby is by itself in another nest, does it get fed?  Or does mumma want it to come to her?

[martinw-48]

Good question.
Hopefully they share the feeding out.
They do know that they have to be fed.
It's never an easy life for them.
I do know that the reason there are the wooden nesting boxes is because that is a gutter and if has water in it when wet enough and years ago some years none of the eggs would hatch at all due to sitting in cold water or just being in water for too long because the shell is slightly porous.
I don't remember exactly what the show was but I do remember watching about the Falcons and the nest boxes being constructed to help increase the likelihood of a successful brood.
They didn't have a camera set up then.
This particular site has been used for generations

[lyndal1838]

I may be wrong Stawks but I think that baby may not be very well.

It looks like the one that was not eating yesterday and it seems to be keeping to itself...the other babies seem to be ignoring it too.

Mum was cuddling it early this morning then she took off for a few minutes and returned with Dad is tow.....he took over babysitting while she took off.

[martinw-48]

A natural nesting position wouldn't allow for the chicks to move around such as this position.
Hopefully the instinct to feed them drives the parents to make sure that all are fed.
I'm sure that the chick would also make enough noise when hungry and seeing a parent that they don't get ignored

[imastawka]

Hope you're wrong Lyndal.

It seems to be the smallest, so the youngest I'd reckon.

I judge the feeds on their craws/crops.  Little one seems to be holding it's own so far.

Shame we can't switch cameras ourselves.