This is just a brief update on Rosa.
I haven’t been watching her closely. I can hear her singing away outside of my window so I have known that everything was okay with her new brood I thought that I would give them a few days to grow.
This morning I put the camera out to watch them and I got a bit of a surprise. There is only one.
That is very good news. Less work for Rosa and the chick will get more food and stand a better chance.
I still don’t think that the chick has much hope. It won’t be fledged until a week into September and the birds usually leave in September. We could do with a heat wave to keep them here for a couple of extra weeks but it is freezing cold today.
I woke up this morning and put a T shirt on because it is August and pretty soon I had to put a shirt over that and now I have got a body warmer over that Brrrr. Maybe I am coming down with something.
Good news though and it is a cute one. 🙂
I hope you’re not coming down with something. Maybe just bad weather.
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Oh hopefully The Only One will grow strong to make it to Africa!
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aw, that is so cute; I love the way one of the adults picks up the feather and tucks it back in around the baby, like a blanket 🙂
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Maybe it’s only cold because of the holiday. Hope it warms up soon.
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The Bough Beech Swallows were due another brood some time this week, I’d have thought there was still a chance they’d be strong enough to migrate.
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Maybe a warm September will help.
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It is unseasonably cold everywhere. I am sitting typing this wearing a T-shirt (because it’s August), a pullover and a fleece jacket and I’m still cold. A frost is forecast for tonight. I wish that little bird all the luck in the world.
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I should think this cold snap is most unwelcome to our wildlife friends.
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Thanks for the Rosa updates…it’s as close as I get to a soap opera. We’ve been bundling up as well here, but this new week promises some good ol’ fashioned dog days of summer!
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Such a beautiful header photo Colin. I really hope that baby makes it. Fingers crossed.
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Hi, Colin. Haven’t seen you in a few days. I hope you’re okay. If not, I hope you get well soon. Been missing you and your pretty things.
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