Note- the photos and videos vary in quality, depending on which camera I was using, the light available and how far away from the subject I was (the nest hole itself is way out of reach, so I tried 3 different cameras for sound quality as well as pictures... then of course ran out of battery on some).
You can click on the photos to view in larger size, or on the video links to see the video on YouTube.
Tuesday 10 Jan 2017
Chapter 1. Little Baby on the Floor
After the 3 babies left the nest successfully on 6 Jan, there was still a lot of noise from the nest. There were obviously at least 2 (probably more) babies still in the hole. No wonder the first 3 were keen to leave, it must have been dreadfully crowded in there, considering the nest is in a wall which is only 1 mud brick deep - about 9'/23cm.
We waited for more babies to emerge, but nothing happened. The parents kept feeding the remaining babies constantly, accompanied by the chirping and a high-pitched, rapid piping.
Yesterday, Greg noticed a baby on the floor near the window below the nest. When I checked, it was still quite immature, with its body feathers not yet grown and its wings still too small to fly.
I put an empty box behind it to keep the vertical blinds away from it (worried that it might become entangled, and to give it a place to hide).
When it recovered a little, it crawled out and sat looking up towards the nest, making the piping noise that we've been hearing from this batch of babies.
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