tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45664854959155237152024-03-23T03:15:47.864-07:00Cley SwiftsSue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-22454477734126333362023-08-06T06:47:00.002-07:002023-08-06T06:47:35.411-07:00<p>Our last remaining youngster departed on the 26th July. The lone parent roosted in Box 3 that night and then also departed. The prospector/intruder did not return either. So that’s the end of our season, we look forward to seeing them again next year, hopefully!<br /><br /><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-71752105665074087162023-07-25T09:15:00.002-07:002023-07-25T09:15:54.333-07:00<p>At last we had an interested prospector flying around the house yesterday and this morning and it actually entered Box 6 this morning and had a look around. Our three youngsters in Box 3 were still on the nest with the parent bird out for food. The prospector then entered their box whilst the parent was away and it briefly attacked the youngsters. Two of the youngsters then fledged - we saw the second one go at exactly 12.45. The parent then returned with food and a fight ensued, with the remaining youngster hiding away in the corner. At first we thought it was dead as it didn't move for a long time but it was just a bit traumatised and appears to be OK now. Here are some videos:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyabTL9iLHnb8Nt9aNna1trfyDOs6urdnR4ukDlNZDyLZhsSK66XRFYQMVL_24HwNZxUb_eYTli7W4fhRSoVw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>In the above video you can see the three youngsters in Box 3, and the newcomer having a look in Box 6.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzPWQPhw3p5ZKJKNReDSLhb4duV4wBZW8rkfHUHxjvImKMY9Ew6Bjcpe9HDLwb68W2F5P1Kra_6eM3ar88IIw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>In this second video you can see the one remaining youngster hiding away in the corner whilst the parent bird, the one with the full bolus, is fighting with the intruder. This went on for a few minutes, with both birds eventually exiting the box. The youngster appeared a bit traumatised but returned to the nest and at the time of writing, Tuesday late afternoon, is still there. We think it may be away tomorrow though. Hopefully the intruder will return and resume it's inspection of Box 6!<br /><p><br /> </p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-84694857071191927432023-07-21T06:53:00.001-07:002023-07-21T06:58:46.516-07:00<p>Here's today's video of our three youngsters. They're nearly ready to leave. As you can see the parent bird comes in to feed and there’s a mad frenzy as they all gather round. It all happens very quickly, as the parent is raising the young on its own and needs to get out as soon as possible for more food. They're all pretty hungry!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dypIZJB_kptaQVZUlW6ntT96GOTbA9EiVvG1XOzOvU8MARpXKOC3fzgBPoXEsFagyGPXXZ_swUIPF1JUwDWLQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-7541080305583065532023-07-08T00:39:00.003-07:002023-07-08T00:39:54.745-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxiJhpbtA9GebpcsAEm3weuPMTbd-YRER2nzSWE1ZkcxGuLpJxkfJGZvlKMh7oEqpArYj7exyoQLbmnwGjdCg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <p></p><p>Here's our lone adult with the three youngsters. The other adult decided it had had enough of the screaming kids and left two days ago, leaving the remaining adult to bring up the three youngsters on it's own. <br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-12522360078821486792023-07-01T06:33:00.000-07:002023-07-01T06:33:53.388-07:00<p>Our youngsters are all well and growing fast. Here’s a video taken yesterday while the parents were off hunting. As you can see, they are starting to exercise their wings already even though they barely have their eyes open yet! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyVjvxkZ-w6XsXEWqTsy-YzxyN1JIeKiGVi4Lu5IU2i0todCn34zNT5QcYyHV0QMmmaotXexxS4LRm46z51qw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-14917002843047426882023-06-26T01:37:00.000-07:002023-06-26T01:37:06.278-07:00<p> Here's the latest video of our three youngsters with one of the parent birds...they're getting bigger now!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyKsO6c9eIeDgAefcXzivCXr5aV1jh2pt-oDh1O_twq9iCEWNs32Z96z6yERH1KTmF2AwyazPTcXDjMf5D3eA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-84617858278310965652023-06-24T09:26:00.000-07:002023-06-24T09:26:01.173-07:00<p>24th June.We definitely have three youngsters now and are able to see them, here is a video taken this morning whilst both parents were out finding food. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxWoq_aWtVMM36jWaaOEfEuXf86CgjHeESDbNwfgWbTdxGtrdfJNciFRaf9F9qg3pskPNCYcCtMBBCW1Rng9Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <p></p><p>There are very few swifts being seen around here though, virtually none and certainly no prospectors around our boxes, so our pair are on their own! <br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-8212174933847806342023-06-21T03:25:00.000-07:002023-06-21T03:25:50.430-07:00<p>We think we now have three chicks, although we’re not able to see them very well as yet, as as one the parents is on the nest all the time. However, here’s a short video we were able to get this morning:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxHSMhJieF7-y5XomJHZ7DAPH_Sp4wBpKD8koJKcmc1-5yDPNGGWolRplb1Ehi1gZSjMh_WBilloWQ_3NhvhA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /><br /> </p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-25871558163615721902023-06-18T08:02:00.000-07:002023-06-18T08:02:04.907-07:00<p>Yesterday morning we saw the first sign of a chick, which was a broken eggshell in the corner of the box. We’ve not as yet been able to get sight of the chick/s yet though. We just hope that the adults are able to find enough food to keep the feeding going.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVCIJfl-neaLoeqY94Ji_VL3qhf1VKg9MA1mWTmmnjHLr5MaTjX1vKNTMmVoRJYN3TOdtdrnTNKGwzM17DZxMf7UcmlN4uKBwIslJQdOixCxfINaD6heewLheGMQD8H4Rfeyvrygtl2buUepwUPBY-zrl18xXwbadQSdpKln0NV-VNhTcBK_HT_pg/s4080/20230618_155407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVCIJfl-neaLoeqY94Ji_VL3qhf1VKg9MA1mWTmmnjHLr5MaTjX1vKNTMmVoRJYN3TOdtdrnTNKGwzM17DZxMf7UcmlN4uKBwIslJQdOixCxfINaD6heewLheGMQD8H4Rfeyvrygtl2buUepwUPBY-zrl18xXwbadQSdpKln0NV-VNhTcBK_HT_pg/w400-h180/20230618_155407.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><br /> </p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-54129711582141588192023-05-29T05:38:00.003-07:002023-05-29T05:38:35.335-07:00<p>A third egg laid this morning. We should see some youngsters arrive around the 14th June, all being well:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHThLDrxDmFPDa-RRSAwSTYJfOoxNS38VnAeKpZik--67W4E-s0iFUu1zqbz7bmIoO99lD-zrcGTnHfl3HUVhitqRRlgkJqOdPEL5-wT0dMVuqw5BzrqFdriHfES1WzsWRXujca8WgI4kg2k29yq1buhHlVaqx3gVxq_WKWVSGAtDiZ7e9EG4u6RzC/s4080/20230529_125001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHThLDrxDmFPDa-RRSAwSTYJfOoxNS38VnAeKpZik--67W4E-s0iFUu1zqbz7bmIoO99lD-zrcGTnHfl3HUVhitqRRlgkJqOdPEL5-wT0dMVuqw5BzrqFdriHfES1WzsWRXujca8WgI4kg2k29yq1buhHlVaqx3gVxq_WKWVSGAtDiZ7e9EG4u6RzC/w400-h180/20230529_125001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><br /> </p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-44210667585212580442023-05-27T05:09:00.005-07:002023-05-27T05:09:52.041-07:00<p> A second egg laid this morning!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2HbDbYaLSpMANrnVooMoM2ZRr9WaVo4v12k1m6NfH0DhqLQ4GL774aDEXewZd9COuW7-nVzyV_DuTKrPoA42Opcbb65iSRADpUHCiOzt893UHkNjlfYB-hTiPrfB97Y6f5iFHp1rbWq4-LaUClfsXnkzxwM0rRbHuxkWoXMrnPAHmfCPuPtjMcPW/s4080/20230527_085521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2HbDbYaLSpMANrnVooMoM2ZRr9WaVo4v12k1m6NfH0DhqLQ4GL774aDEXewZd9COuW7-nVzyV_DuTKrPoA42Opcbb65iSRADpUHCiOzt893UHkNjlfYB-hTiPrfB97Y6f5iFHp1rbWq4-LaUClfsXnkzxwM0rRbHuxkWoXMrnPAHmfCPuPtjMcPW/w400-h180/20230527_085521.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-79345641020929054672023-05-25T06:08:00.000-07:002023-05-25T06:08:09.982-07:00We have an egg!<p> Good news, our pair in Box 3 laid an egg this morning. Looking forward to seeing some more over the next couple of days:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIc0tSMZV-9i7TTyNn_ZG9Dlq-vkBbzTtqF6a609ESmBuDDrt8VC-069I36lAg14Vg2YP0V_Q1z6_NKl7ZOQleI0mVC-PUvFj00RBJ6IfRJOfgg-jYdDv3-bMUeDCA4viiivb5TSHFPhrxA0GO77qcD4do3SA646TOmmCVq9Y7yiUmRf42zm91Qox/s4080/20230525_133644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIc0tSMZV-9i7TTyNn_ZG9Dlq-vkBbzTtqF6a609ESmBuDDrt8VC-069I36lAg14Vg2YP0V_Q1z6_NKl7ZOQleI0mVC-PUvFj00RBJ6IfRJOfgg-jYdDv3-bMUeDCA4viiivb5TSHFPhrxA0GO77qcD4do3SA646TOmmCVq9Y7yiUmRf42zm91Qox/w180-h400/20230525_133644.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-49614549815150696262023-05-18T06:00:00.000-07:002023-05-18T06:00:09.642-07:00<p>Yesterday our swift’s partner came back so both birds roosted in Box 3 last night, hooray! Two days later than last year. They’ve been flying around the house today, (just the two of them) and they seem to have made themselves at home. Here’s a video from yesterday evening:<br /><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwtXQvxE4Mxuh8dhdgOOp4rnuH4bJRCw4fYskzwtyjeQBnokuIvqMXdcPbpiCiz0e5xbSHEbcj3dEk0HhBeaw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-75332056227675860582023-05-11T00:37:00.001-07:002023-05-18T06:00:37.345-07:00<p>The first of our swifts finally arrived last night in Box 3, just one day late. Hopefully it's partner will turn up shortly or if not it'll find another one. Last year they managed to raise 3 young so we hope they'll have the same success this year. Maybe we'll get some takers for the other boxes, we still have four empty ones which were unused last year - it would be nice to think that perhaps we'll get the start of another colony at some stage! Here's our lone parent at the still in-situ nest from last year:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn0JdklMLJKrLB3jY-E3-fKMEYNFvzypQuVjzpcFQmTeKK0o04W5Kt_S9_ptg31gBteHGmEAZktbIvEvURKItOZ0bLfXTIe3M4DxMHBC9H8-HVlgYqhv5yEz_ar5rfTajZplemOpgLTvEfT9l1gk4rIrOlKATCniheoyk3Od7Os3m_uruEzRh7qzO/s700/Swift-20230510-700.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn0JdklMLJKrLB3jY-E3-fKMEYNFvzypQuVjzpcFQmTeKK0o04W5Kt_S9_ptg31gBteHGmEAZktbIvEvURKItOZ0bLfXTIe3M4DxMHBC9H8-HVlgYqhv5yEz_ar5rfTajZplemOpgLTvEfT9l1gk4rIrOlKATCniheoyk3Od7Os3m_uruEzRh7qzO/w400-h266/Swift-20230510-700.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-66350454378580339582022-07-24T09:41:00.000-07:002022-07-24T09:41:18.389-07:00All gone now<p> The second youngster departed yesterday morning and the final one left today. One of the parents was in the box to roost last night with the third youngster, the other parent has probably already left so it’ll be interesting to see if anyone’s in tonight. So it looks like that’s it for the season as no other boxes have been looked at by prospectors. So a successful season even though only one box was occupied, but three young safely fledged, and neither adult got taken by a hobby!<br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-71743928819591354522022-07-22T10:18:00.000-07:002022-07-22T10:18:33.197-07:00And then there were two....<p> And then there were two....<br /> One of our young swifts fledged this morning and it looked like another one might do as well as it was peeping out of the entrance whole looking very interested in the outside world. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyfp1Sj_TRdIq2o4C7c32qo4zaDt7wRA03ufBMhaB98XmNeEn4miOef8q0Ij_RlSqiowBYCjfLv_LMtSOpEEQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <p></p><p>We expected it to be gone by the time we got back from our morning walk, but it was still there. <br /></p><p> Here’s a final video of all three together with one parent:</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dycn7OMrnHL_B4ye_U-iJ4Q-s7DepVmQsRnmLJnk9GvVQnqrzcP4MRJCzUie8qv1c4uWxOOlFgfVIpkiGrPxA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p> And here’s a video of our remaining two youngsters:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyQGTW3apkhGntkDArHUwYWYa0UExSYQAFy-IGsYRRXahlaEIEozb7UWJO1mlYKiJIjQQL9LNbo_FBoQ6Iy_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-58728778669448847032022-07-17T03:31:00.000-07:002022-07-17T03:31:39.717-07:00Fitness training.<p>Our young swifts are nearly ready to go, it won’t be long now. Both parents are still present (hooray, not taken by a hobby yet!) and roosting in the box at night. So far there have been no takers for any of the other boxes. Here’s a video taken this morning of one of the youngsters doing some press-ups to get ready for it’s flight shortly. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyMQ7YxbkYUf00jld6aDj94kH4o1AOYXBw1Zwva9vBG0rUWvlfcMH7ESxgutDduwx6ZnIw8xHrnnJ96L_VFNg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-46523481244866486212022-07-08T04:42:00.000-07:002022-07-08T04:42:54.318-07:00Growing up fast!<p>Our young swifts in Box 3 are growing up fast. Here’s a video taken yesterday. You can see they're losing their fluffy chick feathers and starting to look grown up.<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrks-wzk58ilOjJIGA-tL_jRvc5LDXeqfN9e1F6BWEoLJFlN26tpjpXTbRx0EldUcY8k6O2cuTD2ikYgKcVA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p> Still no sign of any swifts investigating the other boxes.<br /><br /><br /> </p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-16764828327760200822022-06-24T07:22:00.000-07:002022-06-24T07:22:12.692-07:00<p> A short video taken this morning of our three young swifts. They're all doing well, their eyes are not quite open yet. Still no other swifts visiting any of our other nestboxes.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwCBpYOGHQEDXh4MPbDeQ_F9tkUeBvNsGOWGeoxpnfoyPCovQYvfrnLFvHkx9O5zn9KoXj0vX89UsZsJdvhRg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-56061428642251789092022-06-20T11:13:00.000-07:002022-06-20T11:13:31.044-07:00Young swifts doing well<p> <br />Our swift chicks are all doing well so far, there are definitely three there. Their eyes are not yet open but it shouldn't be long now before they are. The parents are attending to them well too so we hope that they will all survive to adulthood. Here is a short video taken today:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-UL_0XYYpVXc0Y1uRgEsF7lrifLSqPmmJG2XsA9ngHMnuvmwHyc4Sk9r8po9spLG9Bd168_X6byJ0tDYVXA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So far no other swifts have been doing flypasts or entering any of the other boxes.</div><p></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-11678524202966856042022-06-15T03:37:00.000-07:002022-06-15T03:37:55.437-07:00New Swifts<p> Hooray, this morning our swift eggs hatched. We've been able to get a short glimpse and have seen only two of the young when the adults have been doing their changeover but hopefully the third one is there as well. So all looking good so far, they seem to have got it just right this year, so here's hoping that one of the adults doens't get nobbled by a hobby.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxYURSxi5hYL7ekdu1zuRlpTl189igudLN7gc-QATW_8ieSwOz4GpZRgHTsoWrcg46jGNhAsqoNjLv7fVgs3A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-9580456094486322872022-06-04T08:41:00.002-07:002022-06-04T08:41:22.937-07:00<p> A brief update, we still have the pair in Box 3 sitting on three eggs. Sadly though we haven't had any visitors to any of the other nestboxes. Our pair seem very much out on their own here on the edge of the village and so far we haven't had any flypasts of other swifts from the neighbourhood...if there are any! Hopefully we might get some interest from a second wave of swifts - if the weather brightens up a bit... which seems equally unlikely....<br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-40069303813962945732022-05-28T09:11:00.000-07:002022-05-28T09:11:18.654-07:00A third egg.<p>28th May. We now have a third egg in Box 3. Incubation will start in serious now, so about 20 or so days will take us up to around the 17th June. Let's hope it all goes to plan!<br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-68211764248801723422022-05-25T01:04:00.003-07:002022-05-25T01:04:39.626-07:00<p> Yesterday the pair in Box 3 laid a second egg. We're now hoping that tomorrow they may lay a third!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNSXfNKyUeyOJfPIpyqjFwCJr285jsQORhlwr24W-rlMVvX_KAuo4K0DtbGLcUwd_gI8IGIg0fUJ7ysupnZKK9b-QpNUVUADjP1nUMcdsEa26NW1cO650hAk-Bfs3z-eMScdkf1Zed-dd4x1hPsGsWGMLVFcT95PST3DkSQVJW3DZLi0j8rEXVSTH/s4003/20220524_112621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3002" data-original-width="4003" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNSXfNKyUeyOJfPIpyqjFwCJr285jsQORhlwr24W-rlMVvX_KAuo4K0DtbGLcUwd_gI8IGIg0fUJ7ysupnZKK9b-QpNUVUADjP1nUMcdsEa26NW1cO650hAk-Bfs3z-eMScdkf1Zed-dd4x1hPsGsWGMLVFcT95PST3DkSQVJW3DZLi0j8rEXVSTH/w400-h300/20220524_112621.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566485495915523715.post-60918857327968284792022-05-22T00:57:00.003-07:002022-05-22T02:51:49.297-07:00We have an egg!<p> Our resident pair are still in Box 3 and the good news is that this morning they laid an egg. Hooray, it looks like they are serious about it this year. Here’s hoping that there are a couple more eggs to come then they can start incubating. In this short video you may be able to catch a glimpse of the egg centre picture whilst the birds are shuffling about <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzjl2PFMjlkCLhSgQld4q1jpYQ4qpQd_htYAc4xuGVXYp4QdwbHI-Ehk4Nwye5W4DL81xf0CwdF4GGpJanhEQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><br />…and we hope that unlike last year, the egg will actually stay in the nest and not get chucked out. We also hope that the hobbys keep away, the last thing we went is that one of the adults gets taken by one. Watch this space! </p><p>Here is another video filmed shortly afterwards, one of the swifts had been out flying with two other swifts<br /> and had just returned and here you can see the changeover and the egg in the middle of the nest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzH5yHmrvnW9LJveb6OAZYWF3QD8SKnwJ2jhbO9dkKXwmvNUh__rwYTJ6UZA0Mie-TWtxU39b6rLGCijMfLtA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Sue Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.com0