Re: Flavour of the Month-July/Aug 2021: S140/S145/Talamati
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:03 pm
RP, thank you for all the time and effort you put into finding those wonderful pics to add here.
As said before, one of my favorite bird sightings was of a Paradise Flycatcher couple tending their nest and their three chicks. This was located just outside our doorstep at Talamati and was such a daily delight to sit and observe. I would love a do-over, photography wise, (Saturday's Giggle of the Day comes to mind , live and learn), but will always remember these gorgeous, elegant birds with much joy.
Female
Male
Breeding
African Paradise Flycatchers are monogamous. The nest is built by both sexes. It consists of a small cup of twigs and bark held together with spider web, decorated with lichen and often a "trail" of spider web and leaves dangling from its base. Egg-laying season peaks from October-December. It lays 1-4 white eggs, which are incubated by both sexes for about 11-19 days. They change shifts every 20-60 minutes, although the female often does most of the incubating at night. The chicks are brooded almost constantly for the first day or so, while they are fed small portions of insect prey. As they get older, their parents brood and feed them less often until they leave the nest at about 10-16 days old. They stay in a family group with their parents until another clutch of eggs is laid, at which point they become fully independent.
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As said before, one of my favorite bird sightings was of a Paradise Flycatcher couple tending their nest and their three chicks. This was located just outside our doorstep at Talamati and was such a daily delight to sit and observe. I would love a do-over, photography wise, (Saturday's Giggle of the Day comes to mind , live and learn), but will always remember these gorgeous, elegant birds with much joy.
Female
Male
Breeding
African Paradise Flycatchers are monogamous. The nest is built by both sexes. It consists of a small cup of twigs and bark held together with spider web, decorated with lichen and often a "trail" of spider web and leaves dangling from its base. Egg-laying season peaks from October-December. It lays 1-4 white eggs, which are incubated by both sexes for about 11-19 days. They change shifts every 20-60 minutes, although the female often does most of the incubating at night. The chicks are brooded almost constantly for the first day or so, while they are fed small portions of insect prey. As they get older, their parents brood and feed them less often until they leave the nest at about 10-16 days old. They stay in a family group with their parents until another clutch of eggs is laid, at which point they become fully independent.
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