I live in a very transitory neighborhood-- all renters, many students here for a semester. We've kept to ourselves
But I'm out watching crows enough folks have asked. A frequent jogger now says "fledged yet?" as he goes by. Students nextdoor downloaded Merlin. Delivery drivers want updates.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️
Look at these goobers
(these are the baby Fish Crows, all as big as their parents now that they are ~32 days old, working out those wing muscles and getting the last of their flight feathers unsheathed so they can leave the nest, presumably this week)
#birds
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️
We're now within the week-long fledge window for this nest, no matter how I count the nestlings' ages
the parents are provisioning way less than usual this morning (perhaps to lure the babies out?)
is it time??
SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️
I'm at the bargaining phase, like, "if these babies make it out of this nest alive I promise I'll get a Fish Crow tattoo"
