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Well, my fellow DDD ers
07/10/07 10:11
Gonna have to sign off for a while....Jennifer, thank you again for a wonderful show...and for sharing your birds with us....its great having Kara's pics from her visit with you...now when you're talking about boxes and ponds and such, I can visualize where they might be...next best thing to being there...well sort of....great, great time...errrr...got anymore eggs ready to hatch? Just kidding....

Thanks DDDers for helping to add suspense and excitement to today's jump...(is it really over?) Hope to see some of you back on here later...

MA/GA
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Jen
07/10/07 09:57
I just went and looked at Kara's pics...what gorgeous property you have...and I am soooooo jealous....so that's where the Phoebe nest was....how in the world did something get up there to those babies? whew!! Thanks for the pics, Kara!!!! I'll have to mark your page for future visits!!!!

MA
DDD club
07/10/07 09:35
It just dawned on me...little slow this am....Our little one we were sooooooo worried about...not seeing him move...was playing possum all along...I suspected as much, but now that the nest is empty (or so it appears) I am sure...that little booger...had us sooooo worried.

MA/GA
I don's hear any peeping out back
07/10/07 09:19
as if the babiy's looking for mom. They probably got together and are hiding in the cover, moving to where ever mom takes them.

Jennifer
Whew!
07/10/07 09:18
Hope Jen can find Mom and toss the little one into the brood! ~Kara
WHEW
07/10/07 09:17
I agree W/WI....that was killing me....there must be quite a few of us on here, because I'm getting very slow response on the comments refresh....or maybe I have too many windows open and my computer is protesting!!!!
MA
The crows moved in and Mom started leaving
07/10/07 09:16
So I rushed out to scare the crows away, grabbed the nestling and chucked the baby out to the group of fledglings. I don't know if they got together or not. Another female adult landed on the pond. Maybe that's the other mom. After a while I'll go out to see if there's one lone peeping baby. I know I got him close so I think he'll get with mom

Jen
Oh! Oh!
07/10/07 09:14
Somebody did something! THANKS! Don't think I could watch much longer. W/WI.
Jen got the last one!!
07/10/07 09:14
....
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err...jen
07/10/07 09:13
you're lending a helping hand sweet...now wave

MA
That is funny guys
07/10/07 09:09
you say the last one is gone? Boy...we must be really slow in GA...cuz, I'm still seeing one in the box!!

MA
Not good news, jen
07/10/07 09:07
is it possible to scare the crows without scaring mom?

MA
Mom was hiding
07/10/07 09:06
when that one got to the door she came back to call him.

Now hopefully she'll hide again until the last one makes it.

Jennifer
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The crows are coming in to the back yard
07/10/07 09:05
They don't seem to be dive bombing. I can't see mom. Hopefully she's hiding with the other fledglings but sticking close and waiting.

Jen
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A good "jump".
07/10/07 09:04
I hope it isn't to difficult to get a good jump from those round eggs. W/WI. YAHOO! only one more to go.
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aghhhhhh
07/10/07 09:03
this is worse than last time!!! Guys you're facing the wrong way....you're gonna wear yourselves out....turn around..ok...I know they can't hear me...but I feel better.
MA
keep climbing wrong wall
07/10/07 09:00
come on babies!!!!!! wendy
2 down...come on guys...I'm too old for this
07/10/07 08:59
MA
really small
07/10/07 08:59
those last two look really little. Can they make it out?
Judi/NH
They are jumping constantly
07/10/07 08:58
just to the wrong side.

Jen
I hope mom's still calling
07/10/07 08:57
ok...I see a little jumping now...there we go...almost there...ok...you on the bottom...get jumping.

MA
I don't even see them jumping!!!!
07/10/07 08:56
could they be the youngest...come on guys...try!!!
MA
4 with her, no 5
07/10/07 08:52
The others need to turn around there goes another.

and another. Both in the doorway. 3 to go.

Jen
3 left
07/10/07 08:52
come on guys!!
MA
This could be it DDD ers
07/10/07 08:50
lots more jumping on the wall

MA
She's out
07/10/07 08:49
and calling here we go!

Jen
whether mom's calling or not...
07/10/07 08:49
someone is headed up...
sitting and waiting
07/10/07 08:45
How did I get sucked into this? I have a zillion things to do and here I sit waiting, waiting, waiting. LOL What will we do with ourselves when they go? lol
Judi/NH
She must really be scoping things out this time
07/10/07 08:42
MA
MAMA
07/10/07 08:40
Oooooh big feathery duck 'behind' heading out of the hole! LOL
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Ok
07/10/07 08:40
Mom's in the entrance...duh, Iguess everyone can see that...

MA
here we gooo.....
07/10/07 08:40
maybe lol wendy :)
Mom'sup at the door
07/10/07 08:40
scoping things out.

Jen
1st one, Sunday afternoon
07/10/07 08:32
Momma, I need food.....BH
Calling Ivy& Ariana!
07/10/07 08:25
Hope they gets to see them jump!! BH
One just climbed up
07/10/07 08:24
and then jumped back down. He landed on top of mom and scratched and preened for a while. So cute! I'm not going to answer questions right now, it's too hard to keep up with. I'll just try to send comments since I'm watching live. I'll go back when I have time and answer questions later.

Jennifer
1st little one
07/10/07 08:21
The one trying to get out is probably the first one hatched and is hungry! BH
MAN
07/10/07 08:18
That was stressful....mom has returned...I bet that little one is gonna get a "talking" to,

MA
Mom's back in
07/10/07 08:18
No crows around that I can see. Hopefully she calls them out.

Jen
Mama certainly squashed THAT effort!
07/10/07 08:17
Maybe she decided she needs to rest up a bit more before managing all of those ducklings out in the wild!

Kathe
Jen
07/10/07 08:17
...did that one just make it out?

MA
box has a 4 inch sqare
07/10/07 08:16
sticking out on the outside. That nestling can sit there forever with no stress. Well, he just came back down to his siblings.

Jen
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box has a 4 inch sqare
07/10/07 08:16
sticking out on the outside. That nestling can sit there forever with no stress. Well, he just came back down to his siblings.

Jen
Funny
07/10/07 08:16
He's just turned around.....hmmmm, maybe I should wait for mom

MA
Just kinda sitting there
07/10/07 08:15
....MA
come home momma!!!
07/10/07 08:15
babies need you, they can't do this alone!! wendy
one in the entrance
07/10/07 08:14
...MA
you guys type fast
07/10/07 08:13
I still don't see mom but maybe she's hiding in the cover and calling.

Jen
errr....wait
07/10/07 08:13
mom's not out there? YIKES

MA
One babies climbing
07/10/07 08:11
and was looking out the hole. He just dropped back. They are ready to go. I wish mom would come back and call them out.

Jennifer
Are they going?
07/10/07 08:11
one was half way up the wall....did he make it or fall back down!!

MA
Looks like #1 is ready to go! Or at least, trying!!
07/10/07 08:11
WOW!

Kathe
MA and DDD'ers
07/10/07 07:46
When does everyone have to leave for work, we don't want you guys to miss the little ones jumping! BH
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they are too cute!!!
07/10/07 07:44
looking right up into the camera, how cute is that!!! wendy :D
I'm here
07/10/07 07:33
I don't see mom outside. I'm going to make coffee.

Jennifer
Cam Host
..and out the door
07/10/07 07:21
still an awful lot of eggs unhatched!!
:-(

MA
6:21 - Cam Time
07/10/07 07:21
Mama is gone! I wonder if it's gonna start . . . Kathe
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Mom in the entrance
07/10/07 07:20
....
MA
some little ones
07/10/07 07:16
Gazing skyward....wonder if they are anticipating their climb...
MA
Mom's looking
07/10/07 06:33
nice and relaxed...babes tucked under her wings...so sweet...I think I have time to do some stuff while she is napping...
MA
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5:18 EDT and . . .
07/10/07 05:20
mama and nestlings are still nestled together. :) I'll be checking over the next couple of hours -- sure hope a few of us get to see the little ones jump!

Happy "Fledging Day"!

Kathe/NH
Well, I missed most of the excitement!
07/10/07 00:08
I had to be away from home most of the day, but I'm planning to watch tomorrow morning for the jump!

I'm surprised our tubby mama didn't hatch more of those eggs. She was surely big enough to cover them all! ~Kara
Proud mama
07/09/07 23:38
I finally got to see our mama and her ducklings. After this long wait, it was all worth it!
-ariana
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Mom
07/09/07 22:17
is looking pretty calm with all that activity going on around her. I'll keep checking until around 10 or 11 Pacific standard time. Maybe I'll set an alarm for around 3 am... I'll keep watch for awhile though while you all are in dreamland.
-Ivy
one last check
07/09/07 22:06
before I hit the hay....9:04 pm duck time...poor mom...she's still awake and not settled at all...she needs to get some rest....and so shall I.

MA
MA, Wendy, Ivy, Ariana, Kathe,Judi,Kara,Jen
07/09/07 21:06
See everyone tomorrow am, we will have a jumping party!! BH
Mom
07/09/07 21:05
looks like she is finally relaxing...bless her heart....and she thought sitting on 20 eggs was tough...now she's gonna have little ones following her around!!!

MA
Mom
07/09/07 20:29
has returned....lets go to bed......kidding

MA
Momma duck
07/09/07 20:11
Needs to get back before Jen and Steve walks the dogs! BH
Ariana!
07/09/07 19:54
Are you watching this, I hope so!! BH
Steve and I just got back
07/09/07 19:42
We had to run an errand. When we got back there was a Red-bellied Woodpecker on the ground by the door. It must have hit the window. I picked it up and after a while it flew to the tree. Steve got some pictures first though.

We don't see momma duck at all right now.

Soon we will be going to walk the dogs.

Jennifer
they keep looking
07/09/07 19:40
at entrance now! wendy :)
Question?
07/09/07 19:37
Will they jump after dark? BH (We might get some sleep if the answer is no!)
I thought I was good to go
07/09/07 19:26
Out to feed my animals and got back too oh my gosh! BH
maybe mom
07/09/07 19:25
just scoping out area to see where noise is coming from (jenn said they are working on kitchen) so maybe we getting excited for nothing? lol not that it would be the first time! wendy :D just a thought I was having! lol
They look
07/09/07 19:24
like a big ball of feathers to me right now!!!

MA
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Hey BH
07/09/07 19:17
you out there?

MA
Stood up at attention!!!
07/09/07 19:15
I think they must be hearing mama calling to them??? WOW!

Kathe
I'm here too!
07/09/07 19:14
Wow, I just came in the door. I wonder if this is it....
-Ivy
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Wendy
07/09/07 19:09
looks like the babes are kind of staying put....what do you think?

MA
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she's back in entrance!!
07/09/07 18:58
Could this be it, maybe they will go today afterall! wendy :)
Hi, Jennifer!
07/09/07 18:51
Just where is the nesting box? Up in a tree? On the edge of a pond or swamp? Just curious.

Thanks for all that you're doing to keep us posted!

Kathe
i don't know
07/09/07 18:37
We're going in and out working on the kitchen. She might be able to hear us.

Jennifer
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Hey Jen
07/09/07 18:32
Is something going on outside the box...something has mom's attention!!

MA
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hmmmm
07/09/07 18:25
Mom looks like she is pretty interested in the entrance..or maybe its just the way she is sitting.

MA
Mom's back in
07/09/07 18:14
I guess it'll be tomorrow

Jen
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first time viewer
07/09/07 17:56
Hi, all! How exciting! Although I've been a bird watcher for years, the nest cam is amazing. I'm addicted already.
Jen
07/09/07 17:37
Any visual on mom?
MA
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I got a good view when the hen was gone
07/09/07 17:25
There were at least 8 I could clearly see. It was 4:20 greenville time.
Ok
07/09/07 17:14
well...I know its not up to me...but I'm not ready for them to go quite yet...want a few more eggs to have the chance to hatch and have a mom...ok...I'll be quiet now.

MA
i don't see mom
07/09/07 17:14
belowthe box but there is some cover near by. I think she's just on a break.

Jennifer
still
07/09/07 17:12
looks like lots of eggs.

MA
I think there are ten
07/09/07 17:12
but it's still hard to tell for sure.

Jen
ok..ok
07/09/07 17:11
deep breath....they're just sitting there...maybe mom's gone on a potty break...MA
The nestlings went very stil
07/09/07 17:11
Matbe it's instinct to do that when mom's gone so they don't attract a predator.

Jennifer
Holy moley, DDDer's
07/09/07 17:10
Is this it...oh no....she's out.

MA
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DDD
07/09/07 17:08
I like it!!!...and...er...mom's in the hole!!!

MA
Mom's looking out
07/09/07 17:08
Maybe they will go today. Maybe she's just going for her afternoon break.

Jen
DDD :-)
07/09/07 16:52
Dysfunctional Duck Disciples, does it fits us.....I kinda like it! BH
i'm finally home
07/09/07 16:50
I can't count them on the live cam either.

Jennifer
getting crowded
07/09/07 15:36
in there lol wendy :)
87 feels like 96...Wow!
07/09/07 15:09
Poor Momma and little ones, it is cloudy tho....BH
Ok..here's the scoop
07/09/07 13:55
I went back and looked at the posts for mom #1. (for those of you who were there, you should go read them....we were CRAZY) Anyway, I digress....suspected hatching 6/7 at 22:39...but no proof....hatching lasted ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL day on the 8th...On 6/9, at approx. 11:30am jumping began...and now we know the rest of the story!!!
MA
Back in business...
07/09/07 13:49
......
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Feeding time
07/09/07 13:40
I'm sure the first ones to hatch are getting really hungry by now. She'll have to decide between hatching more or feeding the ones she has now. I do think the cam is stuck again tho.
OK
07/09/07 13:36
somebody refresh my memory....with the first duck...were there times when mom left the box before the actual jump?

MA
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NO!!
07/09/07 13:34
its too soon....too many unhatched eggs!!! Now if she wants to go out for a snack or potty break, that would be ok...she just better not call the ducklings yet!!! I would hate to have to sets of hatchlings....Jennifer, you'd have to be their mom, then!!
MA
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Looks like
07/09/07 13:16
We're back on! Looks like she is getting ready for the jump, keeps looking at the opening. But there are still quite a few unhatched eggs.
Back up
07/09/07 13:14
......
Oh...Jennifer
07/09/07 13:14
yoo hoo...If you're out there ....the cam is stuck again.....maybe we're wearing it out watching?! :-)

MA
Computer trouble
07/09/07 13:06
I have been having trouble with my computer. Is anybody else having trouble with the refresh? It seems to be getting stuck.
Oh my for real this time.
07/09/07 12:54
There were LOTS of babies in the pic I just saw. Oh, good, I was hoping it would go well. I am so excited. They just look so cute I could squeeze them!
Gotta do some chores here
07/09/07 11:31
ya'll keep watching and posting!! Looks like mom has them all tucked under her right now...so cute

MA
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When will they leave?
07/09/07 10:56
Are they going to stay in the box today and fly out early AM. tomorrow or leave later today?
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Oh look
07/09/07 10:03
One's climbing on top of mom....oops...fell off!
MA
There are a few
07/09/07 09:59
in there that seem quite active..wonder how many are there?
MA
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action
07/09/07 09:37
Two babies are moving around pretty well. And Mom seems attentive.
Looks like...
07/09/07 09:28
everybody must be hiding under mama duck. I wish I didn't have to go to work today!
-Ivy
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I have to leave
07/09/07 09:22
for 30 minutes, keep posting!! BH
I'm here!
07/09/07 09:05
Thanks, Jennifer, for the heads up! I am watching the Tour de France (I'm nuts about it) and monitoring ducklings during commercials! ~Kara
Yea...you're back
07/09/07 08:40
yes...they are moving....some more than others..too hard to count because they have been in a blob...maybe 4 or 5? But that is an optomistic guess...several eggs look ready to pop....but obviously, can't tell now, since mom is sitting on them....hee hee
MA
I'm in position!
07/09/07 08:37
Ok,how many do we have and are they moving? BH
Steve restarted computer
07/09/07 08:32
I won't be home until noon at the earliest. I slept in at work because I've got to run errands in town.

Jennifer
Mom just arrived
07/09/07 08:32
sitting on top of everyone...hee hee
(play by play)
good time to go do some chores....quickly!
MA
More eggs popping!!!
07/09/07 08:28
yipee!
MA
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oooo
07/09/07 08:24
there's another one hatching! under the "blob" of ducklings
MA
Is that
07/09/07 08:20
another one hatching? on the right...near the wall...
MA
VERY promising
07/09/07 08:04
Good morning, ducklings! We're encouraged to see 2 or 3 of you now. Hard to tell. Keep up the good work -- you've got a huge cheering section! :)

Kathe (unfortunately, I'm on the road all day and won't get to see the progress until late this afternoon)
Yes...
07/09/07 08:01
I see movement too....man, there are a lot of eggs there!!
MA
one has moved
07/09/07 07:45
come on babies!! wendy
MA here
07/09/07 07:37
BH was here earlier!! Yes, I would like to see some movement...especially after last night's drama!
MA
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are the babies
07/09/07 07:35
sleeping?? hope they are ok!! wendy OK where are u MA,BH,KARA IVY ARIANA?? I feel so alone LOL ;D
cam going again, see 3
07/09/07 07:33
so far!! yayyyyyyyy wendy :) thanx jenn!!!!
quick
07/09/07 06:08
Somebody go wake up Jennifer!!!
MA
Cam?
07/09/07 02:14
Looks like the picture is not refreshing.
BH
07/08/07 22:09
I think I'm gonna take your advice....hit the hay right now....and get up super early....aw look....little head popping out from under mom..and mom is looking at him/her!!

MA
Poofed big time.....
07/08/07 22:06
She looks huge, hope that is a good sign...BH
I saw a chick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
07/08/07 21:39
OMG, I am sooo happy. Yipee. I hope i get to catch the video of the jump.
Mom's back
07/08/07 20:39
8:38pm EDT
MA
OK
07/08/07 20:06
what's going on ..the postion of the hatchling has changed....should we hope he/she was just napping...or what...egg hatching underneath?
MA
The other two that were starting to hatch. . .
07/08/07 19:31
It also looks like those other two eggs that were starting to hatch are just kind of like deflated balloons now. Hmmm...

It is such an amazing thing to watch nature this closely...front row seats! And, unfortunately, sometimes we want to shield our eyes.

Kathe
Not looking good
07/08/07 19:15
The nestling hasn't moved for 20 minutes.

No one is home right now or I'd have them check and pull the nestling if it's dead.

Once mom's back I don't want to flush her after dark. We will have to leave that nestling in until tomorrow.

Jennifer
Mom left, one nestling
07/08/07 19:03
She left the box, I presume to eat, at 5:50:10 pm Central time.

I'm a little worried about this nest. Last year I had a really strange one, in which, one or a couple of nestlings hatched and died in the box with mom still sitting on eggs. I don't remember exactly because I don't have my nest check sheets with me from last year. They were not on cam so I just found them with the weekly nest check. I removed the dead nestlings and she continued to incubate. Later, it appeared more hatched and fledged, but there was still an adult female sitting on the remainder of the eggs. I don't remember but I don't think any more eggs hatched and I cleaned the box.

If you look back at the comments from 6/13 where I list the history of the nest to that point, you can see the egg laying was a little strange. It's kind of spread out at first and then a bunch laid. Also, we've had the two different females in the box. These may be the same two that had the weird box last year and the hatching/fledging may be strange again.

I guess we can only watch and see what happens.

Jennifer
Cam Host

How many?
07/08/07 19:00
I only see one and not moving, just hot??BH
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Oh my gosh
07/08/07 18:44
....oh my gosh.....I just got home....been with my parents all afternoon....we're having babies!!! Thanks BH for the alert!!!!!...gosh...now I've got to catch up on all the posts!!!! Oh look, I see one....We're gonna be up all night!!!! YIPEE!
MA/GA
I've seen 3 so far, I think!
07/08/07 16:26
Hi everyone! It's so exciting. How long does it usually take for most/all of the eggs to hatch? When Ariana gets back from her friend's slumber party, she is going to be thrilled.
-Ivy
Jennifer
07/08/07 16:22
Is this nest in the same area of our 1st Wood Duck, and this Momma will take them to the ponds close by? BH
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Little ones were coming...
07/08/07 16:02
That is why she was acting different yesterday........BH
Oh My Gosh........
07/08/07 15:53
Kathe and Jenn- Thanks for holding down the fort, didn't expect this too happened today! Hope MA, Wendy, Kara, A & I check in soon.........BH
Two more appear to be hatching
07/08/07 13:56
The eggs that are in the 10 and 11 o'clock positions are starting to hatch. ;)

Kathe
What is poofing?
07/08/07 12:39
What is the significance of this behavior? (I'm new here and enjoying it SO much!)

Thanks

Kathe (ME)
They're hatching!
07/08/07 12:11
Clear shot of a duckling at 11:10:25 cam time!

Jennifer
Cam Host
Hot yesterday, may be reason for behavior
07/08/07 08:18
Maybe she didn't cover the eggs or sit on them the same because of the high heat and humidity. I counted eggs again a few days ago. There were still 20 but one of them was dark. I don't know if it's bad or further along in development.

Jennifer
Cam Host
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and...
07/08/07 00:54
poofing has occurred! 9:53pm pacific.
10:24 pm edt
07/07/07 22:27
Mom, (I hope) is in the box....but she is just not sitting like she normally does...no poofing at all and the eggs are all spread out...maybe she knows something we don't...its still 81 degrees...must be warm in there...time will tell. Hang in there little mom.
MA
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I'm not sure
07/07/07 18:43
...what this duck is doing...she poofed for about 15 min...and now she's just sort of sitting/standing there..
MA/GA
well
07/07/07 17:35
I've been watching for about 35 mins. Still don't know if this is our mom...hasn't "poofed" but does appear to be turning the eggs...I guess that's a good thing!

MA/GA
Is it the light
07/07/07 16:57
...or do some of the eggs look different colors? Probably my eyes.
MA
she's back!
07/07/07 15:07
that doesn't look like our duck.
Mom is so
07/07/07 10:01
dedicated and devoted...to sit for--is it 30 days---without tv, computer, music, or books!! Do we have a projected hatch day?
MA/GA
12:56 EDT
07/07/07 00:59
Looking in the right hand-bottom corner it doesn't look like a egg?? BH
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4:55 pm eastern
07/06/07 16:55
...mom hasn't "poofed" yet..and look at those eggs!!!!
MA/GA
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egg rotation
07/05/07 23:47
8:46pm pacific time and mama is keeping busy by rotating the eggs.
-ariana
Eggs around mama
07/05/07 23:17
Our girl must not be poofing tonight! 8:16 pacific time.
-ariana and ivy
Jen, did you get any flooding?
07/05/07 08:25
I meant to ask you the other day. Our friends live by L3 and they said it was pretty bad there. Hope everything is ok your way. Have a good week.
4:39 Pacific time
07/04/07 19:41
Mom is out of the box...five eggs are visible. Happy 4th everybody!!!!
-ivy
ok
07/02/07 18:34
...just now catching up..2 ducks? both incubating? (that's a good thing!)..and 11 eggs, around mom, BH? I've seen eggs around mom before, but not that many!!! So.....anybody got any ideas?....Jennifer?
MA
1:38 cam time
07/02/07 14:41
I counted 11 eggs that she was not sitting on, thoughts everyone?? BH
other duck
07/02/07 13:14
The "ducky marauder" has a longer beak and slimmer body. I've seen her twice.
-Ivy
appears
07/02/07 07:39
Mom is having breakfast right now!!! Look at those eggs....7:40 am eastern.
MA/GA
thanks to our supporters
06/30/07 17:56
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Thanks to all of you,

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egg rotation
06/30/07 14:08
11:07 CA time and mama is rotating all 20 eggs.
-ariana
Thank you Jennifer
06/30/07 06:31
I'm glad you were just out of town!!! WHEW....I thought the storms gotcha!!!! Hope you and Kara have fun!!!! Kara, we want a full report!!

MA/GA
Pictures updating
06/30/07 03:04
Sorry for the delay. We just got home from being out of town. I'm going to bed! Kara's visiting tomorrow!

Jennifer
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Hello, Ariana
06/29/07 17:06
Thanks for your response....so glad you decided to start posting. I love this web site too....I have several bird boxes at my house, and I always wondered what was going on inside....and now I know!

MA/GA
Problems-Jennifer
06/29/07 14:26
I e-mailed TBN, I think they are ok, (cam wise) on their site. Reset at wood duck nest-site?? BH/OH
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Jennifer
06/28/07 16:51
I think the cam's down again.

MA/GA
there she is!
06/27/07 23:13
Almost every night when I check to see if the wood duck is there,I see her covering all twenty eggs!8:12
-ariana
age:12
Cam down again, weather related?
06/27/07 21:44
Noticed the time on the cam, the Phoebe site is also down :( BH
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Jennifer
06/27/07 19:05
are you near the Torential rains I keep hearing about in TX?

MA/GA
Picture updating again
06/26/07 18:18
Thanks Steve.
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Nice and cool
06/26/07 10:39
This morning we've had rain blow in and it's cooler than normal. No telling what will happen when/if the sun comes out but Mama Duck should be enjoying the temperatures right now. ~Kara

P.S. I'm in Dallas not too far from Greenville so I assume weather is similar!
Picture not updating
06/26/07 08:14
I just noticed. My husband will get it going again this evening.

Jennifer
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7 eggs visable around Mom
06/25/07 01:41
She looks smaller than past photos.
Hey Jennifer
06/24/07 17:13
Do you think CLO/TBN will post your "Duck Movie" from your first box? Still would love to see it!

Thanks
MA/GA
Melanie, directions to build a box
06/24/07 15:40
I wasn't sure if you saw my reply to your mention of needing directions to build a box. Here they are, from this website. Also directions for the stovepipe baffle. I've had snakes get over the conical baffle, which is also on this site. Those rat snakes are good at getting eggs! So far the stove pipe baffle has always kept them out.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/pdf/boxwodu.pdf

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/pdf/guardsto.pdf

Jennifer
Cam Host
Mom is out of the box now...
06/23/07 21:09
maybe serching for food or a cool down.
Taking a look-see
06/23/07 09:01
8:00 am ducky time...mom looks nice and cozy...hope today's not too hot for her!!

MA/GA
Woodie hens are amazing incubators
06/21/07 00:01
I know some of you do not understand why wood ducks practice dump nesting or nest parasitism. Well, no one is sure of their strategy or the reason they do it, but it is successful. With the help of a large down blanket that the hen makes by pulling down out of her own breast, she is an inncubating machine. The down she pulls from her breast permits her to transfer more heat from body to the eggs which is 99+- one degree and keeps the eggs warm when she leaves the nest box twice a day to feed.
I took a look at my data for this year to date and I have had 30 successful nest where hens were incubating from 20 to 38 eggs. Eighteen nest had from 20 to 24 eggs, six nest from 25 to 29 and six nest 30 to 38 eggs. The first group, the hens incubated 380 eggs hatching 295 for a 77% hatching success. The second group incubated 160 eggs hatching 130 for a 81% hatching success and the last group 30 or more eggs, 202 eggs were incubated and 124 hatched for a 61% success rate. The hen that incubated 38 eggs hatched 30 of them. I still have 12 hens on large clutches of eggs still incubating as I type this post.
I have had over 300 nest initations this nesting season which I hope is coming to an end in the next three and a half to four weeks.

Steve, CA
mama in the box
06/20/07 18:16
fatter than ever!
Just checking in
06/20/07 17:27
..on our little mom....really looks like she is having great difficulty covering the eggs....there are quite a few on the perimeter..a few inches from her....I wonder if she will be able to gather them back under her?

MA/GA
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Sorry
06/19/07 14:15
the flash flood was in Gainesville, not Greenville. Hope your weather wasn't that bad.
New to site...have experience w/wood duck nests
06/19/07 13:29
Great site...I've often daydreamed of having a cam in my wood duck nest which is in a natural cavity of an oak tree. I will continue to check in on your ducks progress. It's so exciting, isn't it!!!
I see you're in Greenville, TX where the flooding just occurred. I hope you weren't affected.
Melanie/Tallahassee, FL (the ducks here lay in March/hatch in April)
Mom is out of the box right now and...
06/17/07 20:42
How in the world can she incubate so many eggs? (I know our first duck mom hatched 15) Does she rotate them? Bring some from the bottom to the top?...and forgive me if this question was answered before...but why do ducks dump eggs into other nests? Do they not want to be moms...they don't have a nest...her box is too full...she was paid to be a surrogate..(ha ha) I know some other birds do this...but will often kick the host birds eggs out of the box, if they can....and then lay their own....

MA/GA
Hatch date?
06/17/07 20:05
Jenn-about 30 days (I checked how long it took on TX 1) so would that make it July 15 or 16. Sound about right? Beth/OH
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Most eggs covered and mom is
06/17/07 19:24
out of the box.
It almost looks like 2 ducks
06/17/07 02:09
resting in the box.
20 eggs today
06/15/07 19:05
Hopefully yesterday's egg dump will be the last. I woryy if we get late dumps after incubation starts. The eggs may not be fully developed by hatch day. One time I had a gimpy orphan, and I suspect it was due to egg dumping after incubation started. He was unable to climb out.

Jennifer
Cam Host
Great shot
06/15/07 09:57
Hopefully it will be a cooler day for mom.

MA
Wendy
06/15/07 05:31
You were right about the 2 ducks yesterday, and they caught on tape egg dumping. So, we were right on the situation! Aren't we getting duck savvy...Beth/OH
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how cute....
06/14/07 22:53
she is so round, seems rounder then the other momma lol wendy :)
Cam knocked out of alignment
06/14/07 11:36
My husband will fix it when he gets home.

Jennifer
Excited
06/14/07 07:16
Jennifer, thanks for the new box set-up. I have so enjoyed this...and so excited to see a new momma duck this morning...
5:40 am eastern
06/14/07 05:44
there are 2 ducks in box this morning!! wendy :)
So...
06/13/07 22:56
there's our new mamma duck!! So cute and peaceful....that box looks deeper...so what's the projected hatch date...I have to mark my calendar (and prepare myself)....and hope that it falls on a Saturday again...

MA
WOW
06/13/07 18:29
Jennifer...Great work!!! The ducks on your property are very fertile!!!!

...So here we go again....this is gonna be great!!!

MA
19 eggs today still.
06/13/07 17:43
I checked when she left.

Jennifer
19 eggs
06/13/07 17:14
Here's the history so far.
1st egg on 5/16.
2 on 5/17.
4 on 5/22 9total of 7 days)
9 on 6/3.
17 on 6/9.
19 on 6/12.
When she leaves later I'll see if an egg was laid today.

On 6/9 the nest was incomplete, with little or no down covering the eggs. On 6/17 there was a lot of down so she might have been incubating. She was out of the nest at the time I checked but it was the "normal" evening feeding time.

Yesterday she was on the eggs during late morning when I checked so she was probably incubating, and likewise at 2:00 this afternoon.

Jennifer
Cam Host

P.S. The pop up window was showing an Eastern Phoebe nest that had 3 eggs on the June 12th when I set up the camera. It will soon have it's own page.
Jennifer
06/13/07 15:42
Troubles? Hope everything is going to work out for our new momma-cam....Beth/OH
It's uploading
06/12/07 18:54
but not getting thru for some reason. We'll have to wait until the staff at Cornell gets back to work tomorrow to figure out what's wrong.

Jennifer
Cam Host
Hopefully on line this evening
06/12/07 17:56
As soon as my husband gets done doing some wiring he will help me get the camera in the new box.

Jennifer
Cam Host
TX2
06/12/07 17:27
How exciting is that. A second site up for your wonderful boxes. I don't get a picture yet but the site is clearly set up and ready to go. Thanks Jennifer!
WOW
06/12/07 15:24
What a nice clean "message" board....let's see how long that lasts!!! Get some rest girls....round 2! ding ding ding

MA
Part 2!
06/12/07 14:48
O.K.- MA, Wendy, Kara, and of course Jennifer, here we go! Can't wait...Beth/OH
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