Prothonotary Warbler (TX)
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Second PROW cam from this site!
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Species: Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) Location: Heard Nature Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, TX Status: Four young fledged June 25th! View Comments View donor list |
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Daily Highlights:
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Jun. 26 - All nestlings are officially fledglings! |
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Jun. 25 - Last one to go! In the comments Heard tells us one of these fledglings may have been banded on this day. |
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Jun. 25 - First one to go! This
afternoon to early evening the fledging took place. Watch the time
lapse clip (1 min.) from about 2:00- 6:00 pm: PROW Fledge. |
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Jun. 25 - A spider! Now the chicks are receiving prey with hard exoskeletons. |
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Jun. 25 - The very first adventurer today! These babies will definitely be fledging any day now. |
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Jun. 24 - The babies are beginning to get their yellow coloring. They should be fledging soon! |
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Jun. 23 - Either mom or dad removing another fecal sac from the baby bird's cloaca. |
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Jun. 21 - One of the parents is
about to carry away (or eat) a fecal sac. Prothonotary warbler chicks
usually defecate right after they are fed, possibly just for the sake
of efficiency. |
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Jun. 20 - The chicks are getting larger everyday! It appears that green caterpillars is their main diet. |
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Jun. 19 - The parents are
working overtime, sometimes coming to the nest with two, three, or even
four caterpillars in their mouths! |
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Jun. 18 - Another green caterpillar. For the first days of life the babies are fed only soft insects. |
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Jun. 17 - Here she is feeding her hungry babies. |
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Jun. 16 - Mom peeks up at the camera with an insect in her mouth. |
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Jun. 15 - The babies have been hatching all morning! Here we can see the mother discarding a piece of egg shell. |
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Jun. 14 - Here's all four eggs, due to hatch very soon indeed. |
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Jun. 13 - Here, it appears that the mother has covered up the eggs, most likely to keep them safe from predators. |