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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Our Vacation Project
Robert's off work for vacation this week and part of next week, so we found a fun project to work on: a marble run! So far it's got 3 separate tracks, a spirally coil, and an "atom smasher". We hope to also include a loop, a see-saw, musical chimes, and a few other tricks. It measures roughly 2' x 2' x 3' tall.
The Littlest Zebra Finch Is Still Hanging In There!
The late-hatcher is still kicking, and Frostie and Streak are feeding him. He (or she) is still too small to band, but I got its siblings banded yesterday. All their crops are nice and full, and the babies are warm and wiggly. The older ones' feathers are starting to come in, and all but the littlest have their eyes open. :-)
Shelly and Blackie's baby is also still too small to band, but it's doing fine. :-)
Lots of New and Pending Parents in the Bird Room!
Frostie and Streak (zebra finches) have 4 newly-hatched babies! All are doing well, but I'm a little concerned about one of them. It hatched later than the others, and is (naturally) smaller in size than they are. Sometimes the larger babies out-compete the smaller ones for food, and the parents accidentally overlook it in the babies' scramble to get fed. I'm keeping a close eye on it. Assuming all goes well, these babies will most likely be up for adoption once they're weaned in a few weeks. If interested, please contact me or check my adoption page.
Hootie and Ms. Hootie (diamond doves) are sitting on two eggs. If the eggs are viable, this will be their first clutch.
Shelly and Blackie (zebra finches) have one hatchling. The other eggs were infertile. This baby may also be up for adoption once it's weaned in a few weeks.
A pair of my society finches is currently incubating eggs from my owl finches. Last time I checked, two were viable. I've got my fingers crossed that they hatch and that the societies foster them successfully. These will be my first owl babies.
Lastly, I heard some very strange-sounding "begging" last night. Apparently SOMEbody in the bird room has babies! I don't check nests every single day, and I don't check my owl finch nests or my shaft-tail nests at all (unless I suspect a problem). The sound was different than zebra and society finches, and it's hard to tell where the sound was coming from, but I think I may have some baby shaft-tails! >>crossing fingers<<
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