WILMINGTON ~ MAY 2011 PART II

Kim Steininger · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 8:41 pm

Some pictures from this morning...

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She sat on the roof calling for a long time after she got the bird from CJ. After 10 mins or so she flew off with it and I guess she added it to their cache because she came right back without it.

I was wrong about the cuckoo, it looks like a Blue Jay.

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 8:50 pm

Beautiful shots Kim! The landing on the box is incredible!!!

Kim Steininger · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 9:00 pm

obxbarb wrote:

Beautiful shots Kim! The landing on the box is incredible!!!

Thanks! That was actually a take off, not a landing!

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

OMG! OMG! OMG! JUST BEAUTIFUL PICS KIM! SO GREAT TO SEE THEM IN THIS WAY ONCE AGAIN. CJ IS A GREAT PROVIDER JUST LIKE LIL DAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THESE WITH US!

Catbird · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 9:50 pm

Wow - Awesome pictures, Kim! CJ and Red Girl look so beautiful in flight. What with having to provide for and deal with their "out of control" kids, I'm surprised they don't look frazzled.

Jane · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 9:54 pm

Fantastic pictures, Kim. Couldn't ID the second prey, but first one was obviously a Red-bellied Woodpecker. I do much better when I don't know what the prey is!

Greg Inskip · **Joined:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1081

Magnificent pictures, Kim.

I agree, Blue Jay. Is the one carrying it CJ? I thought that it was Red Girl at first because the cheek look pretty white, but this bird looks slimmer with narrower wings than the Red Girl shots.

Red Girl looks more blue-gray and less brownish than she did a year ago.

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 10:30 pm

Wonderful photos, Kim! You have a great talent & we're so lucky you share with us! :loveshow:

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 10:36 pm

2 words come to mind with your pictures Kim
WOW & AWESOME

Greg Inskip · **Joined:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1081

CJ is feeding them now.

Catbird · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 8:12 am

CJ started feeding the chicks, and then Red Girl arrived to help out.

Jane · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 8:17 am

Must have just missed that feeding. Chicks were very active when I tuned in. Several flapping like crazy, and one with its head about even with the top of the box trying to get a look at the outside world. Love seeing both CJ and Red Girl doing the feeding.

Catbird · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 2:48 pm

A few pictures from this morning's brunch . . .

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

THIS VIDEO IS TOO FUNNY. THE ONE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT I DO BELIEVE WAS DOING A FEATHER DANCE. THE ONE NEXT TO IT KEPT TURNING IT'S HEAD WATCHING. THEY ARE ALL SO CUTE!

Catbird · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 4:15 pm

Cute video, Reenie. The little chick watching kept getting hit by the chick dancing around - I'm surprised he didn't fall over!

Faith · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 4:57 pm

OH MY KIM!!! What beautiful pictures. Have to say I'm like Jane about the dinner menu. Hard to see that, but so beautiful in it's reality. Reenie your video is adorable. Thanks for all of it today. They are advancing fast.

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 5:17 pm

Thanks for the video, Reenie! I'm even more convinced now that Red & CJ have 4 daughters & one son. I guess the daughters are payback to Red for what she & her 3 sisters put her parents through. The boy must be to show the parents that raising a family has its rewards! :flirty:

BTW, Kim or Greg, do the chicks here usually return to the nest for a while after they fledge?

Kim Steininger · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 5:23 pm

Cute video Reenie! They're a lot of fun to watch now!

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

JUST WATCHED A FEEDING. IT AMAZES ME AT HOW THEY GET IN A PERFECT CIRCLE OR ARE IN A PERFECT LINE TO EAT! I'LL POST THE VIDEO WHENEVER IT FINISHES :-)

Greg Inskip · **Joined:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:47 pm **Posts:** 1081

catwoman wrote:

. . . .
BTW, Kim or Greg, do the chicks here usually return to the nest for a while after they fledge?

I'm guessing that they should fly in the second week of June. They will be obvious in the neighborhood of the nest site for another month or month and a half but I don't know if they visit the box or not. My guess is yes but we haven't had the camera long enough to see a brood that flew.

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