Notices by Cheeseness (cheeseness@mastodon.social), page 3

Prince/ss among the flowers
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Couple more baby shots from this morning
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Saw the little one this evening, hanging out in a tree. Look at those little feets
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Enjoying the last of the sun
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Hide and seek
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Spotted a pair of new lapwing chicks this morning, and it looks like there are four(!!!!) babies crammed into the blackbird nest. The baby yellow wattlebirds were watching with interest while I photographed my baby magpie friend, who's still learning from Dad
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Had a scary moment this afternoon. I was taking photos of the butcherbird chicks being fed when I heard the baby magpie making distressed cries from across the park. I broke into a run, and other adult magpies flew in along the same trajectory as I went. When I got to where the calls were coming from, I couldn't see the little one at first. Then I spotted it, just hanging out on a branch. Nothing visibly wrong. The adults seemed relaxed when they arrived. False alarm I guess!
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Accidentally posted yesterday's photos of the baby magpie without making them a reply https://mastodon.social/@Cheeseness/113458424207644897

This morning I spotted that the baby butcherbirds have moved farther afield. Also spent some time with my baby magpie friend
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Didn't see my baby magpie friend today - I went for a walk a bit later than usual today, and with kids and dogs in the park, many of the birds make themselves scarce. Baby butcherbirds were venturing/napping farther afield though
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Other babies are out doing baby stuff too. There's a dam I can see from the end of my street that has black swans. Their cygnets are so big!
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Baby butcherbirds left the nest \o/
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Missed out on a video again this morning, but I did get a photo of feeding time!
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Hanging out post-breakfast
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I thought I was going to get a video of the baby butcherbirds being fed this morning, but I think I missed it by a few seconds.

I spent all my time shooting an adult magpie this morning and only got photos of the baby as it flew away to follow its Dad into someone's yard
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Baby butcherbirds are starting to vocalise (I hadn't heard anything from them till this morning). Tiny chirps and grunts for now. Soon they'll be blasting their exuberant calls across the park.
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The three baby butcherbirds often sit together in a line. I've been hoping to get a nice photo, but so far, every time I'm lined up and focusing, an adult flies in, and disrupts things (breakfast is much more important than photos, though!)

My baby magpie friend has been hanging out more with their next eldest sibling, who doesn't like my company. I love seeing them together, but I hope they don't learn to be afraid of me
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Still haven't seen more than three baby butcherbirds at once since they left the nest. I think either I'd misidentified an adult, or one didn't make it.

Baby wattlebirds are very independent now, still making baby sounds, but foraging and moving around on their own. I haven't seen an adult feed them for a while now.

Baby magpie seems to be foraging less on their own now and relying more on being fed by Dad. A surprise, since it seemed like they were being weaned weeks ago.
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Some more baby bird photos from this evening and last night
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Big ups and downs today. When I went for my afternoon walk, I found one of the baby butcherbirds on the ground (no photo). I'm absolutely devastated. Rationally, I know it's life and it happens, but in my heart, I can't help but think that if I hadn't skipped my morning walk, maybe something might have been different.

A little further along, I see my baby magpie friend, practicing carolling while preening - a lovely moment that fills my heart & I feel lucky to have witnessed
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Hung out with my little friend briefly this afternoon. I also spotted a tail poking out of the nest - I didn't think it'd been abandoned, but I like seeing them up there, knowing that they're looking after their new egg
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