![Wink ;-)](./images/smilies/bwink4.gif)
![2thumbsup \O](./images/smilies/icon_2thumbs.gif)
Like a good husband Toko provided Kate with enough food on a daily basis.
![Clap ^Q^](./images/smilies/applause7.gif)
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“The female leaves when the oldest chick is 19 – 34 days old, after which the chicks reseal the entrance.”
Soon after I noticed that both parents were now feeding the chicks. I could clearly hear the chicks in the nest as soon as one of the parents appeared in front of the slit to feed them.
![Yay O\/](./images/smilies/icon_hurra.gif)
I reckognised Toko by his uneven tail feathers
![Razz ^0^](./images/smilies/bigtongue.gif)
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and Kate's, like a real lady, always neatly intact
![Flowers for you O0](./images/smilies/flower1.gif)
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After feeding time the nest was cleaned and I could not help but laugh when time and again the waste was unceremoniously dropped through the opening.
![Hilarious =O:](./images/smilies/Funny.gif)
One morning on hearing Toko and Kate’s persistent calls I instinctively knew something was wrong
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My desperate attempts to scare off the intruder by throwing stones at him was to no avail, the tree was simply too high.
![Wallbash O/](./images/smilies/bigwallbash.gif)
![Doff 0*\](./images/smilies/doh10.gif)
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After what felt like a lifetime, the intruder fled. Toko and Kate remained in the vicinity of the nest for a while, and then as if nothing happened, continued with their parental duties.
![Whistle O**](./images/smilies/bwhistle.gif)
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