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Baby season’s not over yet…

8/9/2015

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…although it has slowed considerably. Only two new intakes this week, both nestling mockers. Mocker 1 came in a day ahead of Mocker 2 but both were so close in age that they’ve been nestmates since intake.
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As is typical of mockers, when they fell from the nest, rather than staying near the nest so their finders might have a chance to renest them, they hopped along to explore Parts Unknown and ended up in the middle of a yard in one instance and the middle of a driveway in the other, with no nest in sight.

The hummer should be ready for release, weather cooperating, this week.
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The screeches are…well…screeches. The female appears to be eating some on her own; her weight is holding fairly steady on one measly hand-feeding a day and “free-choice” mice at night, which is a good indicator that she’s feeding herself, finally. The male, as you can see below, still favors the “stink-eye treatment”. They’ll be going into the raptor flight this week.
And they’ll be able to roam that for-them gargantuan space because the red tail has been released! And oh, the look she gave me when I opened her box at the release site…if looks could kill, y’all’d be writing your eulogies for me right now. See the vid below; sorry for the lack of focus at the end—when I went to turn the box so she was looking toward freedom and not at me, she shot out of it like a rocket!
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Of course, there are still moochers visiting regularly and irregularly. The red bellies are a constant; there are still five of them who’re convinced they simply cannot survive without handouts. A couple of the blue jays will take occasional advantage of the red belly handouts; the brown thrashers almost never show up anymore. The robins are hit and miss; for a day or two I don’t see either, then one will hang around, then both…Sheer luck allowed me to capture these gorgeous pix of one of the robins sunning last week. I love sunning birds!
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And finally, don’t forget that we still have a fundraiser in progress. As of yesterday, your generosity totaled $1242, so we have $758 to go to meet our $2000 goal. Heartfelt thanks to those who’ve donated; for those still waiting, the fundraiser ends in 11 days, so time’s a-wastin’—don’t delay! Every donation helps! You can donate through the PayPal links on this website or by clicking on the photo below.
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