Looks like our babies are beginning to realize they are birds. Just watching the nest and two of the young ones are busily flapping their wings. It will be so cool to watch them grow up and take flight.
I cannot honestly say I have seen the fifth egg recently. If you, dear viewer, can enlighten us we would be grateful.
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3 babies jumping around the nest today. Not sure about 4th. Screen is pixelly and hard to make out the babies. 5th egg is still in the bottom of the nest unhatched. Looks like a dud.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot right now of the babies sleeping.They all seem very relaxed. Bayies are all similar when they are asleep. Dead to the world. I can't see the egg.
ReplyDeleteI've checked several times through the day, the babies have been alone each time.
ReplyDeleteIt is now 8:16 PM EDT and babies are alone. Two are obvious but the other are wrapped around so much I can not make them out.
ReplyDeleteOh, a third one became visible.
From the south shore of Lake Nipissing, Callander, Ontario
I see 4 chicks, one seems to be perched on the side of the nest. It's windy there, I can hear the wind in the microphone. I keep wanting to go up there and push the chick back into the nest so it doesn't fall. Amazing how emotionally involved one can get to these babies!
ReplyDeleteBeen watching these babies on and off all day and have not seen them being fed, Do you think they will be ok?
ReplyDeleteAs far as I can tell 3 chicks are still alive and doing well. A third chick (the youngest one) appears to have died. It was doing ok yesterday so I'm not sure what happened... It may have starved, unable to compete for food with the bigger chicks, or died of an illness. We have had lots of emails and calls from viewers expressing concern. We knew some of the heron chicks would probably not survive, we just didn't know what to expect as the cause of their mortality.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the 3 survivors are pecking on the dead carcus. Still no adults.
ReplyDeleteHave the adults abandoned the chicks?
ReplyDeleteThe 3 chicks are probably starving to death. Shouldn't someone do something -feed them somehow? We can't just leave them to starve!
I totally agree please take care of the baby chicks as there has been no mommy or daddy around and please take the dead chick out of the nest, So sad to see these little ones suffering when someone could be helping them
ReplyDeleteThis is real life
ReplyDeletefound this information on the Beacon Hill heron cam website
ReplyDeleteEggs usually hatch during the time when food is most abundant in the area. The parents immediately begin to feed their young, and keep them warm, or brood them, continually for the first week. The adults brood less after that, but for the next week or two, one adult remains at the nest almost without break: during the day, the male watches the nest while the female hunts for food; at night the roles are reversed. By about the third or fourth week, both parents begin to leave the chicks unguarded to search for food in the neighbourhood. After the first month, the pair spends most of its time outside the colony, returning only to feed the young and stand watch for short periods.
one baby is dead hasn't anyone checked on these babys? omg and no parents been around from what i hear for 3 days now the babys are going nuts crying also. Can someone help them please thank you i'm in distress over this.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to nature as it really is. Of course some may think that this would not have happened if the camera was not there. It would be very unnatural to remove the dead chick and/or try to feed these guys/gals. I think they will get their nourishment.
ReplyDeleteThis past week a small blue heron about the size of these was walking along the road here. Must have fallen out of its nest.
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