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P Warbler
07/08/06 16:11
I live nearby and was sad to hear the bad news after all that work
Ill Fated Nesting
07/07/06 10:43
The last several days have not been good ones for our 2nd Prothonotary nesting here on Heard Cam. Monday evening I went to the Science Building to get a closer look at the 3 remaining eggs on the video monitor. It appeared to me that the one lone chick was not moving. I didn't have time to go down into the wetlands and check out the nest.
About 10:30 that night, we had a 13 ton, 7.5 megawatt distribution transformer blow up, causing a 10 hour power outage in our distict, including the museum. This really messed up some of our computer software settings for the bird cam, preventing transmission of pictures. Our computer expert was on vacation, and I was not experienced enough to quickly get every thing reset. I finally got this done by midday July 5.
It became very apparent from the pictures that the one lone chick was gone, and the female prowarbler was still setting on the remaining three eggs that were past due to hatch. All of this was distressing.
Wednesday night, July 6 we had a thunderstorm with wind. When I checked the website yesterday morning, I discovered a solid blue screen indicating that our cam video system was not transmitting. A trip into the wetlands revealed that a large tree had fallen, giving a glancing blow to the bird cam box, and severing the power cable to the box.
A quick check of the nest revealed that the 3 eggs were gone. Limbs of the fallen tree were next to the box and above the predator guard, and we can only surmise that overnight the 3 eggs were eaten by a predator.
So in summary, what promised to be an interesting week with some hatchings has turned out to be one of disaster for our little prowarblers. Ces't la vie!
This is the end of the nesting season for the prowarblers here, especially with the dry weather that we have experienced. The Wenesday night rain was our first in months. We hope for better conditions next season.
Thanks for your interest in these fascinating little birds.
Loney - Heard volunteer.
About 10:30 that night, we had a 13 ton, 7.5 megawatt distribution transformer blow up, causing a 10 hour power outage in our distict, including the museum. This really messed up some of our computer software settings for the bird cam, preventing transmission of pictures. Our computer expert was on vacation, and I was not experienced enough to quickly get every thing reset. I finally got this done by midday July 5.
It became very apparent from the pictures that the one lone chick was gone, and the female prowarbler was still setting on the remaining three eggs that were past due to hatch. All of this was distressing.
Wednesday night, July 6 we had a thunderstorm with wind. When I checked the website yesterday morning, I discovered a solid blue screen indicating that our cam video system was not transmitting. A trip into the wetlands revealed that a large tree had fallen, giving a glancing blow to the bird cam box, and severing the power cable to the box.
A quick check of the nest revealed that the 3 eggs were gone. Limbs of the fallen tree were next to the box and above the predator guard, and we can only surmise that overnight the 3 eggs were eaten by a predator.
So in summary, what promised to be an interesting week with some hatchings has turned out to be one of disaster for our little prowarblers. Ces't la vie!
This is the end of the nesting season for the prowarblers here, especially with the dry weather that we have experienced. The Wenesday night rain was our first in months. We hope for better conditions next season.
Thanks for your interest in these fascinating little birds.
Loney - Heard volunteer.
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No images from the cam?
07/04/06 16:17
Is the cam ok? I'm not seeing anything but the daily images.
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hatching?
07/03/06 12:15
Does anyone know what is happening. The 3 eggs look just like yesterday. They look like they are hatching but they are not breaking open more.
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First Chick
07/02/06 10:01
Fist chick very active moving around the nest. So happy to see that.
hatching day!
07/02/06 09:00
The first of four eggs has hatched!
Four eggs still
06/28/06 08:02
Today I only see three eggs unless one is obscured or covered up.
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the
06/19/06 20:59
i Think the 1st bird will hatch on june 22nd
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and then there were 2--7:30am CST
06/18/06 09:00
I had to check the average clutch size: 4-6 eggs and incubation is about 12 days.
First egg
06/17/06 19:38
Looks to me like the first egg has arrived!
are
06/17/06 19:05
Are either of the adult warblers banded and what is the serial number
EGG!
06/17/06 09:37
I see an egg in the nest.6:36 western time.
JAKE
JAKE
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1st Egg
06/17/06 09:36
The first egg has appeared.
New pair or the same ones ?
06/12/06 10:33
Do you think this is the same pair or new ones? Someone stated the that Prothonotarys only have one batch of young each year.
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