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[Erika H. Phebus]

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From: "Kathleen Pignato" <mbalball at yahoo.com>
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> [mailto:bluebird-babble-bounces at denveraudubon.org] On Behalf Of
> Christina.Mitchell at UCHSC.edu
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 9:08 PM
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> Subject: [Bluebird-babble] fledglings & counting nestlings
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> Hi, all--
>
> I have a couple of questions for the more experienced monitors among us.
>
> We have a number of boxes with nestlings in them.  I got pretty confident 
> at
> counting the eggs with my telescoping mirror, even when the parents were
> making their presence known to me.  But with nestlings, I'm having a 
> harder
> time getting an accurate count.  Part of it is that it's just harder to 
> see
> those little heads; part of it is that I'm especially aware of the 
> parents'
> presence and I try to spend as little time at the open box as possible; 
> part
> of it is that I'm a volunteer at a wildlife rehab sanctuary and I hate
> setting off that gaping instinct in the nestlings when I don't have any 
> food
> to offer them.  The form says to put an X if we can't determine the number
> of either eggs or hatchlings.  However, I can usually get a "well, there's
> at least 3 beaks there" count.  But that's not really science, now is it?
> What do others advise?
>
> Also, last weekend (5/18), I counted (about) 4 Juniper Titmouse nestlings,
> very tiny but eyes open, looking quite healthy and gaping very nicely. 
> (The
> previous week (5/11), no hatchlings--just eggs.)  This weekend (5/25), the
> nest was completely empty.  Birds of North America estimates 16-21 days as
> nestlings; if all of the eggs had hatched immediately after I left 2 weeks
> ago, and they fledged the second before I got there this weekend, they 
> would
> have been about 13 or 14 days old--which seems a tad young.  But since the
> nest appeared completely intact and undisturbed, should I just assume that
> they got lots of good nutrition and care and are in the extremely early 
> part
> of the statistical distribution?  I think the form just asks for the # of
> eggs/nestlings found and doesn't ask me to report on fledglings--so maybe 
> I
> don't need to worry about this.
>
> Thanks for any advice people have.
>
> Tina Mitchell
> pinyon-juniper habitat, 7100', 18 miles east of Salida
>


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