Anne-Marie Cam

Looking through the pictures of May 8, the last birdy left the nest at 8:11 pm.

I wonder if they’ll ever come back and visit? *sigh*

Bye, bye birdy!

Have you ever thought about the details of bird hatching? The details inside the nest?

I mean it must be very uncomfortable - first the eggs (have you tried sitting on an egg??) and later on having 4-5 beaks poking your butt all the time…

Then there is nowhere to put your feet without smushing one of your children.

And what about them? How the heck do they breath in there? There are feathers everywhere!

Do black bird mums gain weight while sitting around for weeks? (Well, obviously she’s working it off - as much as she’s out getting food now.)

(This is what happens if you have too much time to think over the weekend. )

Feel free to fill me in, if you have any answers to those questions!

We’re featured on the Birdwatching Blog - there’s some other real nice webcams there too; check it out!

I just saw Anne-Marie pick out another egg shell, but this time she didn’t just fly away with it - she ate it!

You can still see the shell on her beak here:

Ooohh!!  And just I saw her fly away with an egg shell.  How considerate of her not to just chuck it out of the nest!

I saw Anen-Marie bring a worm to the nest - she kept on waggling it over the nest, let it drop and picked it up a couple of times… I couldn’t see any hungry beaks yet, but something must have eaten it!

The naming process has been really slow so far… (So you can still participate!)

One suggestion was: Joe, William, Jack, Averell, and Dalton from the comic series “Lucky Luke“. Thanks, CK!

It’s a real challenge to find group names for groups that have more than 4 members…

Ikarus, Lindbergh, Zeppelin, The Red Baron, and Quax would be my idea.

Any others?

We’ve seen that Anne-Marie has laid 5 eggs!

What shall we call them? They may hatch any minute now!