Northern Cardinal Nest Webcam

Thats agreat Cam SM her's the first Pic of the Northern Cardinal on her eggs


WS

One of the eggs has just hatched, so cool to see, hopefully the other two will hatch soon as well.



littlewid-x-

That must have been really great to see LW. She was just on the side of the nest looking in, I dont know if she was feeding the chick or if any more have hatched as she was blocking the view, then she started brooding

WS

Lovely photos and another great cam to keep an eye on

Lai

This little bird doesn't have a name and if we are going to follow her she has to have one, so because of her orange beak and tail i've named her Jaffa, hope thats ok with you guy's.

I have been trying to see about the other eggs and if they have hatched, I think they have because you can hear little chicks and it sounds more than the one that was there last night, but Jaffa is sitting tight on the nest and wont budge

I will keep looking in to see if can capture the chicks.

littlewid-x-

Somethings happened guy's, there is only the two eggs left in the nest and no chick from yesterday. In the chat they are saying they hope a wasp doesnt get into the nest again, so whether the little chick was stung by a wasp and died or for some reason Jaffa turned it out, there was some talk about a cow egg yesterday and when that hatches the mum gets rid of the chick, so I don't know what happened but we are down to two eggs waiting to hatch.



littlewid-x-

That's sad - i hope this doesnt turn out to be like poor Phoebe and her chicks.

Love the name Jaffa Jaffa cakes are my all time favourites!

Lai

I love Cardinals. It looks like there is a larger egg in the two that is left. I hope there are ok.
Carson

ESP LW We had a Tabby Cat with orange stripes, and we called it Jaffa after the Orange, lets hope the other 2 eggs hatch, and things go OK
WS

The Cams up & running Jaffa is sitting tight on the eggs, I just managed to get sight if one egg


WS

Nice capture WS, every time I have looked in Jaffa has been attentive to the remaining two eggs, so i'm keeping my fingers crossed for those.

Glad you like the name Lai, I thought it suited her and yep it's ESP again WS.

I was also thinking, I hope this isn't Phoebe all over again Lai when I knew about the chick but I do reckon it was stung by the wasp and died and Jaffa took it out of the nest.

Will check on them tomorrw but the cam isnt running early mornings, it comes on a little later in the morning.

littlewid-x-

Its raining at the moment, and for some reason the nest is fogged out, dont know if the rain is doing it


WS

They were expecting strong storms there WS and thought they may go off air, but all is well at the moment.
There was also a note saying the first hatchling did not survive and was carried away by mum.

Jaffa is sitting pretty on her eggs at the moment, they are two days overdue from hatching apparantly.


littlewid-x-

Thanks LW was just going to have a look. The cam seems to have cleared now, lets hope the eggs hatch soon
WS