Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]lovely bird with a strange name. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 23-jun-07, om 14:34 heeft Eric het volgende geschreven: > http://canid.com/killdeer/thumbs.html > > Once I realized we had a nesting pair of killdeer in our front yard, I > started finding out what I could. They started sitting on the nest > on May > 28th. Average incubation period is 24 days, which would put > hatching on > June 21. That was pretty much spot on. Two of the eggs hatched on > the > afternoon of the 20th: > > http://canid.com/killdeer/newly_hatched.html > > Morning of the 21st: > > http://canid.com/killdeer/almost_out.html > > The other two hatched later that same morning. > > That afternoon, I got my first glimpse of one of the chicks out and > about. > I'm not happy with the quality of this one, but it's the *only* > shot I have > of one of these chicks outside the nest. > > http://canid.com/killdeer/we_have_a_runner.html > > Those chicks are fast! I didn't want to drive him further from the > nest, so > I didn't pursue him. Instead, I took a picture of his remaining > siblings. > > http://canid.com/killdeer/three_siblings_ready_to_leave.html > > And then I went inside. I figured I'd give the parents time to > coral the > stray. 15 minutes later, the nest was empty. > > http://canid.com/killdeer/empty_nest_syndrome.html > > And there were 4 fast, furry chicks running about while the parents > tried to > get them to run mostly in the same direction. Less than 24 hours > between > hatching and running around. Even though I had read that the > chicks stayed > in the nest just long enough to dry out, the speed of the process > amazed me. > My babies are gone! > > Now I'm just back to enjoying Doug's pictures. And I can mow my > front lawn > again. :) > > > > -- > Eric > http://canid.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >