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Robin cam; hatching expected to start Sunday April 25th

  • 24-04-2010 11:59am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,600 ✭✭✭


    Posted this over in Animals and Pets and was suggested that you lot may like it, though I presume it's been mentioned here already.

    Has anybody else been watching the web cam on the nesting box in Derek Mooney's back garden? It's absolutely fascinating. The mother is incubating five eggs, the first of which is expected to start hatching this Sunday (April 25th). The daddy robin can be seen dropping by occasionally to feed his mate.

    The camera is very clear and, during the day, there's good light so you see everything.

    It's better than a soap opera.

    Link.
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭Stephentlig


    Thats amazinggg, thank you so much for this link, its great. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Found this link on the same site. It's a blue tits nest, but can't really make anything out at the moment. Maybe there'll be something visible later.

    Spoke (or wrote) too soon. saw one coming in, flew out again there....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    00112984 wrote: »
    Posted this over in Animals and Pets and was suggested that you lot may like it, though I presume it's been mentioned here already.

    Has anybody else been watching the web cam on the nesting box in Derek Mooney's back garden? It's absolutely fascinating. The mother is incubating five eggs, the first of which is expected to start hatching this Sunday (April 25th). The daddy robin can be seen dropping by occasionally to feed his mate.

    The camera is very clear and, during the day, there's good light so you see everything.

    It's better than a soap opera.

    Link.

    One chick just hatched!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭F.R.


    First chick hatched about 17.30

    and already been fed. :)

    make that two hatched


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    Second chick just arrived, father bird has also been coming and going with food!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭shivs


    This is brilliant!:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Looks to be another egg about to crack open.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    I'm taking screenshots of this, will post them later.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭borderlinemeath


    this is brilliant, I happened on it just in time for the hatching.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Think there are three chicks now. I had ventured away for a shower and when I came back there looked to be three little heads underneath when the mother moved.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,832 ✭✭✭littlebug


    Brilliant. The kids were glued to it and really wanted to see another one hatched before bedtime. Hopefully there'll be two more little heads in there in the morning :)


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Wow, I'm loving this! It is like a Robin soap opera! :D
    Still 2 eggs left that I can see. Come on guys, hatch!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,600 ✭✭✭00112984


    Magenta wrote: »
    I'm taking screenshots of this, will post them later.

    Please do, I was out all day and missed all the action.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,600 ✭✭✭00112984


    Looks like either three or four have hatched. I think it's four but I'm not seeing much movement from one little guy :( Hope he's just tired and will be moving more later.

    Screen shot of three hungry mouths when the mother left the nest at 22.43 tonight.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    00112984 wrote: »
    Please do, I was out all day and missed all the action.

    Uploading now :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    Here we go :)

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    I wonder is she going to get to sleep tonight at all...?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    I wonder is she going to get to sleep tonight at all...?
    I doubt it..:D Shes been on the go all day fair play. What is she doing with the egg shells?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    anniehoo wrote: »
    I doubt it..:D Shes been on the go all day fair play. What is she doing with the egg shells?

    After each chick hatched, she removed the shells from the nest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    She has just left the nest again


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    Magenta wrote: »
    After each chick hatched, she removed the shells from the nest.
    Ah cool thanks. Its fascinating isnt it? The dad brought a massive catterpillar to her earlier and she scoffed it down. I get really addicted to these kind of things :o so better stop watching soon..have to be up early tomorrow.

    Is there still one lad left to hatch? 5?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    And she is back. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    anniehoo wrote: »
    Ah cool thanks. Its fascinating isnt it? The dad brought a massive catterpillar to her earlier and she scoffed it down. I get really addicted to these kind of things :o so better stop watching soon..have to be up early tomorrow.

    Is there still one lad left to hatch? 5?

    Yeah if you look at the 5th photo you can see a caterpillar in her mouth.
    That screenshot was taken this evening, we were probably watching at the same time! :) I'm addicted...
    I wonder why she removes the eggshells. She does it as soon as the chick is hatched. Maybe she does it to try and minimise the scent of the nest?

    I love when she is settling herself down into the nest. She shakes herself a bit to spread her feathers all over the chicks, it looks like she is doing a Beyonce shimmy :)


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Magenta wrote: »
    I love when she is settling herself down into the nest. She shakes herself a bit to spread her feathers all over the chicks, it looks like she is doing a Beyonce shimmy :)
    Yeah, I love that, it's so cute! :)
    Great screenshots by the way!


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 emptykay1


    I tried to log on again this morning but I can't get a picture or live streaming - my screen is just blank. Has this happened to anyone else? I hope she and the chicks are alright!:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭LisaO


    emptykay1 wrote: »
    I tried to log on again this morning but I can't get a picture or live streaming - my screen is just blank. Has this happened to anyone else? I hope she and the chicks are alright!:confused:

    Same here - maybe a technical fault? Hope ll is OK


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,167 ✭✭✭Notorious


    I can't get it to show up either. The robin obviously wanted some privacy! :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 emptykay1


    If the camera is broken they won't be able to fix it - no-one will be able to go near the nest or they'll frighten the mother away.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    I can't get it to load either :(

    Did anyone see if the 5th egg hatched yet?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    I can not see the Robin's nest either. But now the Blue Tit's camera has started broadcasting.

    http://www.rte.ie/radio/mooneygoeswild/features/mooneycam/bluetitcam.html


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Can't see Robin either- drat. :(


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Yippee, it's back! :D


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Robin's just got up- still 4 babies and 1 egg. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    The 5th egg still hasn't hatched- the other 4 all hatched within a few hours of each other.
    Do you think the 5th egg might be dead, or maybe it was just laid relatively late?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Magenta wrote: »
    The 5th egg still hasn't hatched- the other 4 all hatched within a few hours of each other.
    Do you think the 5th egg might be dead, or maybe it was just laid relatively late?
    Aw, I hope it's just late. :o


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8 emptykay1


    Delighted it's back - she's a little dote isn't she:)


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 emptykay1


    Fifth one might be dead alright. If it doesn't hatch soon I'd say it is.:( 5 chicks would be a lot to feed - maybe it's nature's way of ensuring the survival of the others


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭LisaO


    She just left the nest - still 4 chicks & the last egg unhatched :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 stokke


    That too bad :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    If the last egg doesn't hatch, what will she do with it? She could push it out of the nest but if it landed on the ground that might attract predators and also let them know there's a nest in the area... could she eat it?
    If she breaks it and it developed for a decent amount of time there's gonna be a little dead chick inside... :(


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8 emptykay1


    I don't know. She couldn't carry it and may not want to kick it out in case it attracts predators. Maybe it will just stay in the nest till the chicks are fledged? It might not have been a fertile egg to begin with, or maybe it just never got enough heat to incubate - her body might not be large enough to cover 5 eggs.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Eugh... did anyone see a minute ago, mummy came in with a big fly of some sort and fed it to a baby..? It's mad to see all this. Not much going on on the other webcam, can anyone make out any eggs or babies?

    Don't think the fifth egg is going to hatch :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 emptykay1


    I don't think the other nest has any eggs yet - I think they're still nest-building (probably waiting for a mortgage application to come through!;))


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    It's amazing, in one day, how fluffy they have got!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Magenta wrote: »
    It's amazing, in one day, how fluffy they have got!
    Yeah- they're starting to look like real birds! :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 emptykay1


    Their first haircuts soon I think:rolleyes: Our little quads:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭LisaO


    Been watching over the past hour. Amazing how much bigger these little guys are today. Much more activity in the nest & mum is constantly back & forth feeding & cleaning. When she comes back to the nest with food she gives a little call & waits for the heads to come up & mouths open - amazing to watch. Can see the 4 chicks but no sign of the 5th egg.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Wild_Dogger


    Does anybody know when the chicks will take their first flight ?

    Also, how able are they on their first departure?

    the reason I ask is because I got a robin's nest in the garden shed !
    They get in through a missing panel in the front door area , and the panel size is not much bigger than a letterbox.

    The nest is a cluster of leaves on the top shelf at the back of the shed , up beside the tins of old paint etc .

    I havent been able to get the lawn mower or tools out as I'm afraid to up the little guys !

    My main worry though is that the chicks wont be able to fly acurately enough to find the hole to exit .

    Can anybody help me with advice ??

    Thanks !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Wild_Dogger


    any ideas anybody ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Robins usually fledge 12 to 15 days after hatching. Don't worry they'll find their way out. If you are worried and think they can't get through the hole then open the door when you think they are trying to get out.


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