Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Baby Pics :-)



Whisper and Creamsicle's baby. Still waiting on the other eggs to hatch. :-)



Tangerine and Echo's two babies, almost fully feathered now. They should fledge in 7-10 days or so. :-)



Smudge and Onyx's babies. Sadly, the baby in the bottom/center of the photo didn't make it, but it's not unexpected, especially since the parents are first-timers. It may have had something wrong, or perhaps it was accidentally overlooked at mealtime. I didn't notice before I snapped the photo. I've left it in the nest for the time being. I feel like it's better for the parents to remove any non-survivers themselves if they will, rather than do it myself. That way they (possibly?) understand what happened to the baby, instead of it mysteriously disappearing and (possibly?) causing them to think a predator is nearby. If they haven't removed it in a few hours, I'll take care of it. The others are doing fine, and are begging loudly enough to hear now. :-) (Edited to add: The parents removed the non-surviving baby from the nest. It's abdomen was misshapen, so it apparently had something wrong with it. :-( )



Frostie and Streak's babies. There are 5 of them. :-)



The baby dove, which fledged yesterday. :-)

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