Breakfast time for the Bewick's wren chicks: How big is too big?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Some of you may remember B. Kliban's cartoon book "Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head". It's been around for a long time but it remains a classic.
This video explores the question of whether or not you should try to eat something longer than your entire GI tract. We think it seems like a bad idea, but Mama Wren evidently disagrees. If you have the stomach for it, watch her feed a sizable centipede to her 10-day-old chick.
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Once again, you're the greatest!! Please don't stop making video!!
We won't, Sierra Choco. If we had more time we'd publish more. We have been very slow for the past year, I'm afraid.
A centipede?!? They have venom! I hope it was completely dead, dead! In Hawaii, we LOVED the mongoose who would go on patrol & eat them. The centipedes that made their way to the house, we used a golf club because they are armored & you have to 1st crush & 2nd wait. Then repeat !
Well, good point. The baby bird suffered no ill effects, but we agree eating a centipede does seem like a bad idea.
That was scary
Very nice, meal too big, big family. A Freind & I rescue songbirds(including wrens) that hit the glass skyscrapers in Newark NJ, Most that hit the skyscrapers perish on impact, or when fall to the cement pavement. TRT made a video named
'Window Strikes in the Business District' of us picking up injured Warblers. The Raptor Trust ( TRT) nurses many back to health.
Anita, what a great thing to do. Thousands of birds are killed by flying into window, and glass skyscrapers can be lethal. We are so impressed that you and your friend are able to rescue and save some of the casualties.
Anita,
Thank you for what you are doing!
Were you also featured in the film The City Dark?
That's the first time I'd heard about this issue & the rescue efforts. (I believe there's a yt video called Light Pollution in Astronomy that is available for viewing.)
I saw the feeding fiasco! Weird to see such a close-up!---And darn, if I didn't miss the fledging...!
I have the thumbscrews on Dan and we will eventually publish a video that shows everything from start to finish. He's really busy at the moment, though. I need to clone him...
@@TexasBackyardWildlife All good things come to those who wait!
Yay! Wrens this year! So bummed to not see them hatching and growing up. Did I miss the live feeds? ☹️😿
Sue! Great to hear from you. We had them on the live stream the whole time. We will publish an edited video showing everything - nest-building to fledging - but Dan is really busy at the moment and it may take a while.
The amazing work Texas Backyard Wildlife you continue to do and share with others. Enjoying it immensely. Thank you.
Thank you, Frenchg!
Ugh. Usually mama bird is more careful to make sure the food is dead and in age-appropriate pieces. Pretty cool that you got Bewick's wrens this year.
I know, we were very pleased. A titmouse family last year and wrens this year. The parent birds regularly try to stuff huge bugs down the babies' throats. We watch and shudder. But this was a particularly poor choice of food since - as another commenter pointed out - centipedes are venomous.
Spring is the best time 😊 because it gives birth to wonderful new lives like this family of little birds💓🐦🐦🐦.
True, Tierliebe!
So cute thanks for sharing!
It was a funny moment, Lanny. (Though maybe not that funny for the chick.)
i had a big family of bewicks in autin,,miss them
Great upload!
Thank you very much.
I recall a professor in school telling me all babies have to be cute or they'd have all died out, definately true
And yet baby birds are pretty ugly when they're newly hatched. These guys have some feathers and they are, as you say, cute.
This is a bit of a random question, but I am wondering if you see gray foxes around anymore. Personally, I haven’t seen one since last June. It’s strange that a few years ago there was a large population of them on my property. I have a theory that for some reason, gray fox populations are declining in Austin. Either way, I wanted to know your thoughts and ask if you’ve been seeing this decline on your land as well.
Hi Marina - We see gray foxes every day, but that doesn't mean you're not right that the populations are declining. I think all of the wildlife here is under pressure as Austin grows and their habitat shrinks. We are seeing 4 foxes at the moment - 2 adult males and 2 kits from last year. We don't seem to have any adult females around though, which is really sad. Maybe we won't see kits this year.