Charlie and Piwi are in love again! I didn't want them to mate
anymore, because Charlie is quite old now.. about 11 or 12 years. But she
already laid 5 eggs before this nest, so I bought her a nest box again. The
first egg was laid on October 25, the second on October 27 and the third and
last one on October 29, 2003.
One of the eggs wasn't fertilized. On November the 17th the
first baby was born. The second baby died in the shell.. I guess he was too
weak to came out. I couldn't help the baby, because I was at work. In the
beginning the one and only baby was troubling a lot..I sometimes took it out
and gave it some formula; now Charlie is feeding him very good, lucky me! I
work four days per week, so for me it isn't possible to hand feed.. and on the
other hand, the baby was about 4 days old, so much too young to take it away
from his parents.
Here some photo's from the beginning of Charlie and Piwi's
nest till now.. as the baby is about 12 days old. Today I put on his band.
Are they in love or are they?? ROFLOL!! Click on the
thumbnails to see the larger photo!
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Charlie searching for nest material |
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She ruïns everything for this |
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Still playing now and then |
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Oh my... laying on my back isn't that cosy |
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Here you can see that the other egg is a bit opened by the second baby. |
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He died in the egg shell.. |
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of course they keep on kissing each other, lol |
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the eyes are still closed |
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You can see the food in the crop |
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Look mom... I can almost walk! he he |
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oooh... I am sooooo tired |
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Ain't I cute? Here I am 12 days old! |
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Here you can see the band, which Mom Ellen put on today |
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13 days old.. sleeping on my hand |
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His eyes are a bit open now.. |
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Ellen / November 30, 2003
