The lizard is back.... Phoebe is off the nest and the egg is
vulnerable. On screen right now!

I'm watching it now!!!
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I can see the lizard's foot!

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Okay, I have to have this live cam going all the time now. I have one tab open with it playing all the time so all I have to do is click and I'm there! This is addictive!
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I know how you feel! I don't think Phoebe is coming back to this nest. The Lizard is bothering her.

She may be starting a new one. If you look back at the pictures in the history there, at one time she had TWO nests going at once!

She may also be too old, for eggs. That is what the discussion is saying lately.

The other cam is having Velcro return now and then as well. Maybe she learning how to build a nest, by watching Mom?

The eagle cam is really nice today... an early feeding was like you were right there! Great camera this year and great zooming!

I know how interesting this is. We had a hummer nest outside our bedroom window one summer on vacation. It was too high up and I didn't have my digital camera then. drat! But we watched the mother drive off red squirrels! She would never sit on the nest while we were outside, but we could see her thru a window. We watched the little black beaks, grow longer and finally they fledged. It was quite something back then!
And this is even better! I have quite a file now of stills, I captured and I think I'll do some nest drawings again. I used to do lots of nests ! But never a hummer!

I didn't know you were an artist. Scattered Dreams is lovely. I would like to see the hummer nest when you have completed it.

I envy your talent. I can't draw a straight line with a ruler.

I agree! That picture is beautiful. I'm like plgerrard and can't draw worth a flip.

Do you matt and frame your artwork, mrsD? If not, you should. It's beautiful. My oldest sister used to do illustrations for Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Those little drawings that separate the paragraphs of articles.....she used to do that. She drew me a couple of pictures of flowers and framed them....years ago. I still have them!

According to the owner of Phoebe's cam....

He has seen Phoebe fixing up the other nest...the one that had Storm and Sassy in Feb.

He is moving the camera back to that location this weekend, so we may see Phoebe again with another clutch of eggs soon!

Phoebe is back and sitting on a new egg today!

I have to say, of all the cams, I enjoy Phoebe the best. She is
very interesting to watch, and the whole camera is set up very artfully.

I hope this time she will have viable eggs and better luck.

Phoebe's eggs were eaten by a crow today at 10am.
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(I missed it, thankfully. I was watching the Norfolk eagles' banding--which had its own problems!)

Phoebe is back.... she has a new nest and an new egg laid today!

This little bird is just remarkable, and busy!