Why is it the advertisements will show up (both the video ads and the pop-up ads for eliminating belly fat) but the bird video will not play even after waiting 10 minutes
All I saw was too many commercials.
I have read that there is only one next per chimney. What are the sticks that are visible above the nest being viewed? An old nest? An abandoned nest?
Thanks.
Emily, this a link that was provided by this site to the photographs and videos of past seasons of this nest tower.
Welcome, Emily. My understanding, based on reading of birding guidebooks,the writings of an early and very famous female naturalist and Swift tower builder, Althea Sherman, and a few scientific papers, is that until the next to the last egg is laid, incubation does not begin in earnest. I don’t think we have seen that yet here.
I will defer to Mike, who built this tower and has observed the Swifts that nest here for several years (I believe since 2008), should there be disagreement with that.
I maintain a thread on these Swifts in a Forum sponsored by Raptor Resource Project. I am interested in your observations on your FB page and Blog if you care to share. I am completely fascinated by these birds.
If the eggs are laid every other day, are they also staggered as they hatch? If the parents become more interested and incubate when the clutch is nearly complete, does their lack of interest (currently) mean there are more eggs to come or is that not considered a predictor? This is really interesting and thank you for sharing via the post – I’ve shared on my FB page and blog. Very lucky to be able to “participate” in this amazing view.
Thanks for letting us know.
5 eggs as of 9:13am on 6/11/13.
We have four eggs as of 10:57 A.M.
Thanks!!
OK, I see three again!
Thanks, Mike, for letting us know.
Lynn, at 11:02 P.M. female was on the eggs. The night before she laid the third egg, noticed that eggs had been shifted to the left slightly. Hard to say whether on purpose to accommodate new egg or just accidental. Of the two Swifts below the nest, the one to right seems rather agitated.
All three eggs are there .. It’s not uncommon for eggs to be knocked out of the nest though.
maybe the eggs shifted a bit when she got off the nest and now it LOOKS like only 2 due to placement?
Did one of the eggs fall out in the past couple of hours or so??
Hoping to see fourth egg tomorrow, if the “normal” egg laying pattern for Swifts is followed. Have read that certain conditions can interfere with the every other day sequence, but hoping to see the next one. I understand that there can be as many as seven eggs. It’s somewhat amazing to think of that many fitting into a nest of this size, for that matter, even the four or five that are more characteristic.
There are three eggs in the nest. No adults visible.
Is this camera sensible in the spec of infrared?
These birds are in the dark or is there some light?
Thank you
Jacques
7:32 pm is she laying an egg?
3 eggs in nest and two adults cuddled on wall, very nice.
Thank you for the clarification, Mike. Incidentally, I am only familiar with the Kyles through their book “Chimney Swifts: America’s Mysterious Birds above the Fireplace.” This is just a very broad introduction to Chimney Swifts for the general public, and I don’t believe their observations about behavior are controversial. I am not familiar with their site or their views on banding. I do own the book, and I’ve found it useful.
These birds will never be captured or banded. The kyles are not licensed rehabbers.. So some confusion is out there about what they exactly do. Chimney swifts trapped in their tower will abandon it and never return which I believe is also stated in the paper published in the 50’s that you linked to. These are reasons I did not link to any research and or link to the kyles. I have been in touch with the kyles since 2007 and they never put a link on their site to Cornell’s page with the chimney swifts. You can email me at mike@chimneyswifts.net
Bob, this is what Paul and Georgean Kyle say, “Incubation of the clutch of eggs usually begins as soon as the next-to-last egg is laid.” These birds become more and more interesting. Apparently, both male and female incubate but the female spends less and less time away from the eggs.
Since both male and female Chimney Swifts have no distinguishing features between them, I’m trying to find some way to tell them apart – some little difference in coloration or feather pattern or behavior. Here we go again – a la Black Vultures.
You said in a comment once that it would be interesting to tag this pair. Any chance that Tri-State and Cornell would team up here? Many unanswered questions.
At 12:10, two eggs visible in nest and two swifts perched on wall below the nest, not incubating. Perhaps, like other species, adults are waiting until all eggs are laid before providing constant incubation so that chicks hatch close together in time rather than in proportion to when eggs were laid.
Why is it the advertisements will show up (both the video ads and the pop-up ads for eliminating belly fat) but the bird video will not play even after waiting 10 minutes
All I saw was too many commercials.
I have read that there is only one next per chimney. What are the sticks that are visible above the nest being viewed? An old nest? An abandoned nest?
Thanks.
Emily, this a link that was provided by this site to the photographs and videos of past seasons of this nest tower.
http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams/camera/view?cameraID=C100032
Welcome, Emily. My understanding, based on reading of birding guidebooks,the writings of an early and very famous female naturalist and Swift tower builder, Althea Sherman, and a few scientific papers, is that until the next to the last egg is laid, incubation does not begin in earnest. I don’t think we have seen that yet here.
I will defer to Mike, who built this tower and has observed the Swifts that nest here for several years (I believe since 2008), should there be disagreement with that.
I maintain a thread on these Swifts in a Forum sponsored by Raptor Resource Project. I am interested in your observations on your FB page and Blog if you care to share. I am completely fascinated by these birds.
If the eggs are laid every other day, are they also staggered as they hatch? If the parents become more interested and incubate when the clutch is nearly complete, does their lack of interest (currently) mean there are more eggs to come or is that not considered a predictor? This is really interesting and thank you for sharing via the post – I’ve shared on my FB page and blog. Very lucky to be able to “participate” in this amazing view.
Thanks for letting us know.
5 eggs as of 9:13am on 6/11/13.
We have four eggs as of 10:57 A.M.
Thanks!!
OK, I see three again!
Thanks, Mike, for letting us know.
Lynn, at 11:02 P.M. female was on the eggs. The night before she laid the third egg, noticed that eggs had been shifted to the left slightly. Hard to say whether on purpose to accommodate new egg or just accidental. Of the two Swifts below the nest, the one to right seems rather agitated.
All three eggs are there .. It’s not uncommon for eggs to be knocked out of the nest though.
maybe the eggs shifted a bit when she got off the nest and now it LOOKS like only 2 due to placement?
Did one of the eggs fall out in the past couple of hours or so??
Hoping to see fourth egg tomorrow, if the “normal” egg laying pattern for Swifts is followed. Have read that certain conditions can interfere with the every other day sequence, but hoping to see the next one. I understand that there can be as many as seven eggs. It’s somewhat amazing to think of that many fitting into a nest of this size, for that matter, even the four or five that are more characteristic.
There are three eggs in the nest. No adults visible.
Is this camera sensible in the spec of infrared?
These birds are in the dark or is there some light?
Thank you
Jacques
7:32 pm is she laying an egg?
3 eggs in nest and two adults cuddled on wall, very nice.
Thank you for the clarification, Mike. Incidentally, I am only familiar with the Kyles through their book “Chimney Swifts: America’s Mysterious Birds above the Fireplace.” This is just a very broad introduction to Chimney Swifts for the general public, and I don’t believe their observations about behavior are controversial. I am not familiar with their site or their views on banding. I do own the book, and I’ve found it useful.
These birds will never be captured or banded. The kyles are not licensed rehabbers.. So some confusion is out there about what they exactly do. Chimney swifts trapped in their tower will abandon it and never return which I believe is also stated in the paper published in the 50’s that you linked to. These are reasons I did not link to any research and or link to the kyles. I have been in touch with the kyles since 2007 and they never put a link on their site to Cornell’s page with the chimney swifts. You can email me at mike@chimneyswifts.net
Bob, this is what Paul and Georgean Kyle say, “Incubation of the clutch of eggs usually begins as soon as the next-to-last egg is laid.” These birds become more and more interesting. Apparently, both male and female incubate but the female spends less and less time away from the eggs.
Since both male and female Chimney Swifts have no distinguishing features between them, I’m trying to find some way to tell them apart – some little difference in coloration or feather pattern or behavior. Here we go again – a la Black Vultures.
You said in a comment once that it would be interesting to tag this pair. Any chance that Tri-State and Cornell would team up here? Many unanswered questions.
At 12:10, two eggs visible in nest and two swifts perched on wall below the nest, not incubating. Perhaps, like other species, adults are waiting until all eggs are laid before providing constant incubation so that chicks hatch close together in time rather than in proportion to when eggs were laid.