WHO was their real estate / rental agent!?? (Burd Tail)

[zippy-kat]

Do you give tours of the sanctuary?

[gini]

Phred, ya gotta be careful here cause you have some professional squatters!

Next thingy you know - they will have the grant deed to that patch of your driveway.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Yup, never a dull moment at Phred's house.

So we got to see the eggs, do you think Maw & Paw will let you get close enough to get pics of the babies once they hatch? 'Course, you'd have to leave the gypsy caravan inside if you really wanted a chance at it.

[lynnestankard]

If I could stop laughing Phred I'd commiserate (sp?) but honestly you gotta feel sorry for those poor pooches!! Talk about a dawgs life

By the way is Bootz being good having 'fly-past-meals' flying past!! Or is he locked inside the fallin' water klozet? Poor Bootz

Lynne

[Cinder & Smoke]

Tours??
Sure - c'mone ober Zipp; but bettur wear yur Hard Hat!
Dem Burdz get a bit feisty!

Squatterz??
Dad sez we'z gonna rent a Stuffed OWL next year -
let him "guard da driveway" affore nestin seezun!

Boots, da Kat, anna Burdz??
Dunno iffin Bootz payz much mynd to em...
Purdy Hard ta *Spot* em frumma kitchin window.

Pix of da Chicks??
Dunno bout dat... read on ...
Dad dun summore RE-search onna Killder Burdz...

After about 28 days of incubation, the eggs hatch into precocial youngsters. (Baby birds that hatch out covered with feathery fuzz, and able to run and peck at their food immediately, are called precocial birds. They are herded along by the mother and covered (brooded) until they are able to control their own body heat. These youngsters are taught survival and foraging skills by their parents.) As soon as the moisture has dried from their down, the young are on their feet and leave the nest. They are mere bits of pinkish-buff fluff with a downy tail and long "toothpick" legs that can swiftly carry them to cover. They are almost immediately able to secure their own food. Three or four weeks after hatching they are capable of taking to the air.

THIS mite be the only *pix* we'll see of da Killdeer Chicks...
Kildeer chick, one or two days old >>



We're sure gonna "try" to get sum *snappiez* of OUR Chicks -
but being there atta *Rite Tyme* mite be tuff.

[Rachel]

As one who has an inherent fear of being attacted by birds, this reads like a Steven King novel to me. YIKES! Scares me!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Been a purdy *nasty* week - weather-wise!
Rainin Klawz & Pawz most ebery day or night;
wiff Tornado Warnings Monday and Thursday nites!

Dad alluz *Checks da Burdz* wiffa Bi-nokz affore us FurKidz are
allowed *out* inna mornin...
Toosday Maw Burd looked like she was "sittin" onna nest -
but not inna rite "spot"??
Tween da Rain, da Wind, anna Dark - took us till Wednesday ta figger
out da BURDZ MOVED der Howze!

Not far - onlee about a foot - an a lil bit "lower" than it wuz...
Duzint make much sense - unless da *wind* was botherin em up
on Top of the "mound" inna center of da driveway ??
"New" apartment is onlee an inch or two "lower";
an Dad sez it's closer to the wadder runnin down inna
tire groves - but whadda WE knowe bout pickin a Burd Kondo?
Mebbee Maw Burd dint like da wall papur?

But tuday we confirmed a bitta BAD Newz ~~
We onlee gotz THREE EGGz inna nest now...

Dad went out three tymes this mornin - fur a *klose inspekshun* an
sum new *snappies*...

An fur sure there's an EGGy Missin!
We *watched* frumma frunt porch wiffa Bi-nokz - to see iffin Maw or Paw
wuz *sneakin off* summwherez an tendin an Urlee Arrival -
but purdy sure they're NOT doin that...

Dad wuz onna hanz & kneez - searchin fur an Opened Egg -
but he sez there's nary a sign of even *pieces* of da Missin Egg!
He eben went Down da Drive - lookin to see iffin da Egg *warshed*
outta da nest inna storm - but NUFFIN found.

Now we're wunderin iffin a Nest Robber *grabbed* wunna da Kidz
an made off wiff it??

Guess all we kan do is *hope* Mum Nature an God will take
care of da Three Lil Wuns.

Here's a kuple *snappiez* frum tuday >>>

"NEW" apartment iz inna Upper Cirkel;
"Old" apartment in inna Lower Cirkel...


The "New Nest" - wiff onlee THREE lil EGGyz
and not as clearly "defined" or as "deep" as the first...


Our "New Driveway" ...
Da more it Rainz - da more we *spin* drivin up to da BigHowze!


Kupla other *snappiez* onna Album >>
Killdeer 2004 ~ da Burd Fambly Album

We'll keep y'all *posted*.

[lynnestankard]

*Gasp** **Shock** The nest has been attacked and egg-napped! No broken shell or baby burd - what's happened?

All this Phred after you've gone to the bother of 're-driving' the drive!

Hope the other three are safe and manage to hatch safely - but *sheesh* those Mummy and Daddy burdies are real thick aren't they - perhaps they never went to nest building school!

Thanks for the 'Uppiedate' Phred - sure is appreciated - you battling out there through wind and rain to play 'spot the nest'!

Lynne

[zippy-kat]

Does this make you a grandpaw?

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by zippy-kat

Does this make you a grandpaw?

Not YET...

*EGGz* dont kount...

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke
Not YET...

*EGGz* dont kount...

They do once they hatch though, right? I like your new driveway.

[ChrisH]

Don't know how I could have missed this thread because I know every Cinder & Smoke one has to be good!

Thanks for looking after the birdy interests Phed, and making us laugh so much at the same time!

Chris

[gini]

Zip - don't you think that Phred will be a Grand PAW PAW PAW when all three hatch?

Phred, congratulations, there are not many guys that would go to that much trouble to save this little family.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Still have *3* EGGs in the "nest".

Not sure Whut's Up...

Today, as we *slid past* the Burd Kondo (on the "GrassWay")...
Only One Parent was on Nest Duty - and S/He didn't leave the "old"
driveway to escort the car down to the street...
S/He just hopped a few feet off the nest and did the Spread Wings
and Make Like the Nest Is over HERE routine...
#2 was nowhere in sight??

Earlier (noon) they BOTH "escorted the Dawgs" around the
garage area... (SmokeMutt does NOT appreciate their *helping* when
he's trying to Go Poddy!)

We "should" roll out the Lawn Maintenance Crew and chew up some
grass tomorrow... but I'm worried about the "Missing Egg" ...
*IF* the "Missing Wun" has in fact turned into a CHICK -
WHERE have they *stashed* it!?????

Maybe this is a Gud Excuse to Pass on the Grass
an just watch the NASCAR Race!

It's ONE thing to avoid the nest...
Whole Different problem to avoid a Mobile Baby Burd!

The RACE is sounding better & Better!

[lynnestankard]

He he he he!!

**Betcha watched the racin' eh Phred??**

Lynne