Friday, April 13, 2012

Baby!

Yesterday, my wife discovered this broken egg shell below the Black Phoebe nest and also heard the cries of a little one coming from the nest.

(photos by Zhen Krishnamachari)

Look how small it is: the diameter of the egg is less than that of a penny!

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Update (April 26): We have a photo of the baby in the nest! Look for the yellow y-shaped beak on the top-right of the image.


The parents, in the meantime, continue to guard the nest fiercely, and are both active in feeding the little one. Here's a picture of one of them in action.



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