BELL'S VIREO
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BELL'S VIREO
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Map & range not to any scale nor is it absolute.
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After making many trips to the nest area
I see there are eggs once again in the nest.
I say "again" because in the beginning the nest was blown down with 3 eggs in it, storm I guess.
Second nest was very secure and well hidden behind the leafs of the three it was in. Some JERK pgotographers [ I know their name but it do any good to post them here ] snipped the leafs from in front of the nest area exposing the nest to any thing that might happen by. One Cowbird egg I guess was laid first in the nest, then a couple of Bells eggs. Then 2 more Bells eggs. Next week the Cowbird egg and one Bells egg were missing. This left only 3 Bells eggs to hatch. I really didn't think they would ever hatch, but on the 06/18/06 I found 3 chicks probbly no more than a day or 2 old. They did not have their eyes open yet.
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New images as of 06/18/06 6:00 AM
I first thought that this nest too gad deserted by the Vireos when first I arrived.
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A closer look prooved me wrong.
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I had no sooner stepped back when-
When a parent bird put in an apperance at the nest.
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Looks like a nice yellow butterfly for breakfast.
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And down it got shoved.
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I wanted to show you they do not have their eyes open yet.
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OH boy a nice red worm for our breakfast.
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And down it goes too.
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I sure hope they enjoy all the hard work pop & I are doing.
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A better look to see the eyes are not open.
I am not closer to the nest, I just zoomed my lens a bit for a close up view.
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Yes, both parents did attend the nest duties.
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You can easily see where it went.
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Better keep those little guys warm.
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Well, let's see who gets this one?
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Well, its almost got it down.
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Do you think you know what the parent bird is waiting/looking for???
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Bet'ya didn't know the answer.
In fact I'll you still don't know.
After feeding for a while the parent birds will wait for the fecal sack to come out of the chick(s) and then take it away from the nest.
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Just a cute photo
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The bird on the upper part of the branch flew directly towards me.
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Doing some eye-lid maintenance
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A never ending job this feeding thing.
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The end photos in the series of the Bells Vireo family raising 06/27/06
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