Great close up shots...
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Great close up shots...
^ Thankyou. :)
Here is the first photo of the twins, Sixteen and Dave, taken on 7/1/15 - one week old.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/676.jpg
Dave is on the left i think.
Enlarged view of the same photo.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/677.jpg
awwwww:)
ugly little fukers, especially Dave...
Nice pics Stokey.
Can't be Dave, its fookin mouth is shut!
Heh...The crepes, err oatcakes, looked better...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bettyboo
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Originally Posted by Bettyboo
Already, at 11 days old, they can make a fair noise.Quote:
Originally Posted by charleyboy
They chirp back trying to answer their parents calls when they land nearby before feeding the chicks.
Willy :mid:Quote:
Originally Posted by withnallstoke
A bit of a crisis with the nest.
When the adults come to feed Sixteen and Dave, the chicks are so eager to get a beak full that they have slowly enlarged the small opening in the nest.
It is now twice the size than it was, the result being that at night when mum returns for a kip she is hanging out of the nest.
Anyway, here is Dave at 11 days old, keeping a watchful eye out for food.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/949.jpg
12 days old.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/950.jpg
13 days old.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/951.jpg
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/952.jpg
14 days old, early morning and looking a bit sleepy before breakfast arrives.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/953.jpg
Same photo enlarged.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/954.jpg
A bit more awake.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/955.jpg
Gonna be leaving home soon, withnall...Sigh...
I hope so - urgent repairs are needed to the nursery.Quote:
Originally Posted by BaitongBoy
Great pics, Stokey.
Are you 'zooming in' on them?
Wouldn't want you to frighten the fookas!
Not anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by charleyboy
The zoom is crap, so i go into stealth mode and sneak up on them.
Sometimes i get the camera a few inches away.
Do they have parachutes in case they fall out of the nest? No Filipinos in the neighborhood I take it?
All these taken this morning.
It's been a busy day.
"Come on - where's me breakfast".
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/958.jpg
"I'm gonna wait with my gob open 'till mum comes".
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/959.jpg
"I think she's coming".
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/960.jpg
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/961.jpg
"Yippeeeee".
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/962.jpg
"Now i need a dump. Mum will clean up".
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/963.jpg
& they can't fly yet??? Are Dave and his twin retarded, or what...Quote:
Originally Posted by withnallstoke
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Originally Posted by Bettyboo
Watching them today, i reckon they will be flying within the next few days.
The nest is so bollocksed they may well fall out before they are quite ready.
They have developed the nice yellow chest plumage in the last couple of days and have turned into a pair of right fidget arsed nosy bastards.
The inaugural flight is looming.
I have changed Sixteens name to Dave.
The world awaits the first flight of the Dave brothers.
I might knit them a little something to keep them warm.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/970.jpg
They look fully grown in there. Are you sure they haven't caught a glimpse of the evening news and are just afraid to come out?
Getting very close.Quote:
Originally Posted by thailazer
They may have spotted me lurking.Quote:
Originally Posted by thailazer
Beautiful plumage.
Lurking and knitting!Quote:
Originally Posted by withnallstoke
Lurking and knittingQuote:
Originally Posted by thailazer
Anal passage a pucker
Methinks withnall's
A right rude fucker
Writing like that i believe you are plastered.Quote:
Originally Posted by somtamslap
Sober up, try again, you fat fucking bastard.
:)
With underpants now stuffed with probing little beaks
I didn't think you'd be online for weeks
^ Yep...
The silence is deafening.
Those poor, poor little birds.
I've been knitting.Quote:
Originally Posted by somtamslap
Careful they don't fly up your trumpet...
On the contrary; the trumpets a snare, baited with all manor of maggot and other assorted proteins.Quote:
Originally Posted by BaitongBoy
This is the last one i took yesterday - they are 2 weeks old.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/1040.jpg
And so to today............
The wee bastards are 15 days old, and the brothers Dave are nearly bursting out of the nest.
One thing for sure is that these will be the last in this nest without some major rebuild. When they have flown, i'll take some photos of the knackered nest.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/1041.jpg
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/1042.jpg
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/1043.jpg
Dave and Dave are fukin huge - I'm beginning to think they'll never be able to fly...
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/1049.jpg
How cute are they?
Hope they fly soon, there are some nasty predators in Thailand that could get attracted . With the close vicinity to the wall, I'd worry most about a Tokay gekko, then centipede, then snake.
And I'd get the Missus to bang my shoes on the wall:)
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Originally Posted by Bettyboo
I think tonight will be the last night in the nest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
Just been outside for a look - it's absolutely bollocksed.
One Dave is hanging out of the back (ooeerr), the other Dave is sitting on his head, and mum is sideways, sitting on both of them.
Not at all sure the nest will last the night.
I feel a long night coming on, i sure as shit wont sleep for fear.
Looks a bit like one's old worn out nut sack don't it? No worries Withers, they'll weather the storm and return for another egg laying pairing next season...Happy lads by the looks of it...Next year its Ding and Dong!Quote:
Originally Posted by withnallstoke
Great story mate, cheers.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2015/01/1103.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
^ Red sent.
You're welcome. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57
It's in better nick than mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by ltnt
Flight of The Daves.
They finally plucked up the courage about an hour ago.
Dave went first, closely followed by Dave.
Captured on video.
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Originally Posted by withnallstoke
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