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Daily Photo – A bird and its young

Japanese White-eye
This is an older picture of one of the Japanese White-eyes [Zosterops japonicus (綠繡眼)] that made a nest in front of the house.  I took more recent pictures on Sunday, but am having trouble getting them off the memory card they are on because of my Transcend SDHC card decided to crap out on me.

On Sunday morning we noticed the largest of the chicks stretching out its wings and peaking over the edge of the nest as though it was ready to try to fly.  The two smaller ones were definitely not yet ready.

In the late afternoon we came home from running errands and noticed only the smallest of the three chicks was still in the nest.  A neighbor told us he had picked it up off the ground.  Although one may have flown off on its own, the other most certainly didn’t.  We figured one of the neighborhood stray cats may have jumped up and hit the nest as it was only about a meter off the ground.

On Monday morning we looked outside to find part of the nest on the ground and no sign of the chicks.  We’re guessing this time the cat was able to tear the whole nest from the small planted tree.  Although they were just doing what is natural for them, suddenly the neighborhood cats don’t seem so cute after this sad incident.

Daily Photo – Corrosion

Gate

More from Lugang.

Daily Photo – Water

Splash
Experimented with water, learned some lessons, know what to do differently next time.

For those interested in trying yourself, check out the how to video on Strobist.

Daily Photo – The Dragon Watches

Longshan Temple
At the beautifully restored Longshan Temple, Lugang.

Weekly Links – June 4, 2009

Grilled in Mingjian
What’s grillin’?

Daily Photo – Closing in

Leaf
In Jhongsing Village.

Daily Photo – Lotus Leaf

Lotus Leaf
Rapidly running out of daylight and tired of photographing flowers.

Daily Photo – #20

Old House
An old house in Lugang [鹿港].

Daily Photo – Cassette Tape

Cassette

Marginal technology.

Daily Photo – Hatchlings

Hatchlings
I think one of the neighbors scared the parents away briefly because when I looked out the door shortly after posting the video the parents were gone.  I noticed they weren’t in the nearby places they usually fly to when interrupted so I quickly grabbed a shot and went back inside.  As of taking this picture, two of the three eggs have already hatched and the remains of the two eggs have been removed by the parents.

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