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Yes, I thnk Carly is right, upon closer inspection, I think the nestbox is cleaned out. And and I delighted that mom came back this evening to feed the little guy! Every time I look in, nothing is happening.

Thank you for those comforting words, catwoman.

Thank-you to all who are watching. yes, box is cleaned and Gord probably left a little something. He always does because he knows Radsisson will not come back for a bit. And it woudl be something clean, not an old piece of food. I am just home and go and read my e-mails.

Just a few words here. First , priority has to be watching to make sure chick gest fed. Jean has reported the adults are acting very strange. Hopefully after tomorrow they settle down.
their box has been changed and a few chicks taken. so they are being cautious. so when in doubt , look at crop

Second,:I think a few of us, including me, are beating ourselves up here. We feel we missed something. I reported , the chick was not eating , someone else reported the squinty eyes, but then the one chick started eating again. Crops were always full. I thought one was female and other 2 males, so size difference did not twig. My gut told me things were not quite right and yet when looking, they were always fed. I thought , maybe cam quality.

I am no expert, and I blame myself here.

I have shed many tears, but my family , said Mom, the 2 in Genesse that were pulled, are doing great . and the 2 pulled here should be O.k. Is it ideal, no, but it is what it is.

to top it off, I rescued a young crow 4 days ago, took it to the vet and after 2 hours they called me and said it was O.k. and I could pick it up to release it.( I knew in my heart, it was injured) Peter helped me, but I knew in my heart it would not make it. the vet lied, it was injured(I am not dumb) . I checked it every day, brought water, and soft dog food, moved it into shade, but yesterday after the stuff at banding , I forgot to check. I went this morning , and it had died. I put it under a tree and Peter and I will bury it tomorrow. I cried and cried. most consider them a nuisance, I consider them just as deserving of life as our falcons..

then today , on our way to farm, I saw a young fox, a kestrel, lots of blackbirds, crows, (some crows dead on side of road) and lots of hawks. and I thought, the nature world needs all of us. Someone has to care, and we do our best. but I also know that I cannot do it all.

So my friends, here at BCATW, we watch, we learn and we do our best. We are not experts but we try to make a difference. Sometimes it just sucks.

Hugs to all of you.

Well said, bev and carly. Personally, I've learned a painful, albeit valuable, lesson here and just pray that the mistakes I made do not result in injury or loss of either of these precious chicks.

I'm so sorry to hear about the little crow, but as carly said, he passed knowing he was loved, and his spirit will recognize that.

Please join me in a group hug for all our efforts and pain

7:27am

Well I am getting ready for church, I thought I would take a peak.

glad to hear mom was in. I am sure adults are a bit confused here but I am hoping today will get back to normal.

looking after 2 grandchildren today , so I will check when I can


to everyone

It's always hard to let go of a regret, it haunts you, I know. We do the best we can, not being biologists or veterinarians. We couldn't see, touch, or hear them in reality to know something was wrong for sure. They were eating right up until they were taken and it's been my experience that they don't eat when they have trich and we couldn't see the bugs. As far as helping that little crow, every bird that I have tried to save has died, after I've built nests, placed old nests back high in trees, tucked under shade bushes, fed and watered, etc. They all died anyway. You guys have actually done things to save birds, without you many others would be dead. Try to focus on the positive. We are learning more and more and maybe next time we will be able to know something is wrong and alert somebody. It's all we can do.

Thanks for watching, carly. I wonder if they dusted him again or checked to see if the bugs were gone or checking his mouth? I'm sure bev will get word.

I was just coming to post this pic, carly.

poo

what the heck going to read e-mails. this will just scare parents

just saw R in twice and once bit of feed. this has to pick up.

sent e-mail to gord, but I know he is supposed to be on holidays now??/
still babysitting

Well good at least you all have seen "R" well off to work I'll look in as soon as I get home hope for more good news

chase in

r in and It was not much of a feed

it has been raining here in parts , quite hard, so hopefully we see some good feeds soon.

I know I should be watching more today but two under 14 months is a handful for Peter and I

Well I guess I am really going to have to watch here better. Want to make sure the chick gets fed well

Iemailed Gord and he leaves for holidays tomorrow but will have his cell with him.

I told him about how we were concerned that we did not notice this soon enough. also mentioned about someone there today and the netting.

Gords quote

Frounce (trich) is hard to detect early in chicks - usually they slow down on feeding, look listless, and stop aiming their ejecta to the edge of the nest. The latter results in them crapping on each other - hence the dishelveled appearance. Eventually, most will develop a canker or oral plaque in the mouth and they cannot swallow properly. I detected it in one of the chicks on Friday when I noted the that the mandible was not closing all the way. For an example of this, you can go to the June photo in the Watchable Wildlife Calendar - look at the goshawk chick that is looking up - when I took this photo, I noted that the bill was mal-occluded and that the chick was listless. By the time I cam back a week later, all young were dead of frounce - so pigeons had the last laugh.

and the netting will be tightened after tomorrow. They have been dosing the chick for Trichomoniais

so I guess after that the parents can settle down.

Our new male is a duck man . Lots of diferent kinds of duck coming in, but Gord, says all it takes is one bad prey item coming in.

I have also been thinking. I was sure the pigeons were goin gto lay eggs in there, if our pergrines had not come back to lay eggs. so I am thinking, maybe the feces form th epigeons etc. had something to do wiht it.

I will ask Gord when he returns.

I did not know either, that they wree dong more than one dose of Trich medicine. I knew they were doing one yesterday but I did no know about today and tomorrow.The guy doing it is supposed to be on holidays also so I am grateful for him checking. He also told me at banding, that our two are better off being hacked by Gord than on site.

Gord , said that the would only hack these two from box if muscle tone was right,they will be small ,as they are getting a late start with their sickness. Gord does not hack if they are not fly ready.

I can just see the top of the chick's head. No parent around right now. Will watch when I can.

Well I don't know about anyone else but I can't get the cam to refresh for me