Sunday, May 16, 2010

Cold Wet Weather = Dead Chicks

I checked the two Peterson style boxes on Kings Hwy & Stai Coulee Rd today.

Bad news and Good news:

I could smell the bad news as I got out of the Prius to check the Kings Hwy box.  2 dead chicks - the 3 others missing and no sign of any adults in the neighborhood.  No sign of any commotion - no feathers, no blood, no water in the nest box.   Could be due to the 5 days of cold, wet weather (hard to find insect food). 

 
 2 dead chix Kings Hwy Peterson Box

The Good news was in the box at Stai Coulee:  4 healthy chicks.  Momma incubating.



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