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Julie E

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:20 pm

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Opinions, what would you do? Second set of baby wrens at my back door this
Spring. First batch didn't want to leave at 16 days. This little fellow
has been wanting to explore for days now. This is only day 10 of hatching.
He can fly about one & Half feet up. Should I put him back in nest or will
he just jump out again.

Julie E.

Julie E

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:23 pm

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Well, as soon as I posted and got back here, "everyone" abandoned ship.
Isn't 10 days a little early?!?

Julie E.

"Julie E" <julieenewsTIREDOFSPAM@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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Opinions, what would you do? Second set of baby wrens at my back door
this
Spring. First batch didn't want to leave at 16 days. This little fellow
has been wanting to explore for days now. This is only day 10 of
hatching.
He can fly about one & Half feet up. Should I put him back in nest or
will
he just jump out again.

Julie E.

Lanny Chambers

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:53 pm

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In article <YOpvc.4906$Q61.3343@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com>,
"Julie E" <julieenewsTIREDOFSPAM@prodigy.net> wrote:

Quote:

Well, as soon as I posted and got back here, "everyone" abandoned ship.
Isn't 10 days a little early?!?

As the weather gets warmer, the chicks develop faster because there's
more food available and they waste fewer calories maintaining body
temperature. There are other possible good reasons for bailing out of a
nest: it may have been discovered by a predator, or invaded by ants.
Once they're able to hop, chicks are usually safer disbursed in the
bushes than together in a fixed location.

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Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
http://www.hummingbirds.net/

Julie E

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:25 pm

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"Lanny Chambers" <lanny@hummingbirds.net> wrote in message
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In article <YOpvc.4906$Q61.3343@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com>,
"Julie E" <julieenewsTIREDOFSPAM@prodigy.net> wrote:

Well, as soon as I posted and got back here, "everyone" abandoned ship.
Isn't 10 days a little early?!?

As the weather gets warmer, the chicks develop faster because there's
more food available and they waste fewer calories maintaining body
temperature. There are other possible good reasons for bailing out of a
nest: it may have been discovered by a predator, or invaded by ants.
Once they're able to hop, chicks are usually safer disbursed in the
bushes than together in a fixed location.

--
---
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
http://www.hummingbirds.net/

The warmer weather scenario makes perfect sense. Our days have been in the
90's for almost a month. These eggs started out much smaller than the first
batch this spring, but grew at a much faster rate. They were already
crowded in the nest by this weekend. The babies are hiding in a thick
flower bed on my patio. As of a few minutes ago, one of the babies can
already fly up to a hanging basket.

I was gone when the first batch of Carolina Wrens left the nest and only
briefly saw the last fledgling leave. This has been quite an experience to
watch. My dog and I have been plastered to the window all day, just
watching. But, the dog doesn't much like having to be on a leash in her own
back yard!

Julie E.

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