2020 – April 26th, May 5th, May 5th, May 5th,
May 7th
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average date = May 7th/8th (May 7.5)
Looking
at my notes over the last 10 years the first swifts seen in Northern
Ireland range from April 14th to April 22nd. The
average date for first sightings is April 18.9
April 22nd–
a swift was seen at Craigavon lakes
April 25th
– very hot day
11.20 2 screaming
swifts over the house
13.30 11 swifts over
the house. Soon after 2 quite low flew by the gable
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April 30th
2 screaming swifts above the
house
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April
was sunniest on record and frostiest on record
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May 1st sun rise 05.57 sun set 21.02
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May 2nd � 2 swifts over
the house
Gable box 9
– 13.32 first swift seen entering a box � orange ring
Gable box 9 – 21.16 pair reunited
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May 5th
under eave 4 � 21.26 first back � not ringed
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May 8th
gable box 6 21.36 a nervous swift arrives
and leaves at 22.45
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May 9th
gable box 6 � 19.22 a swift arrives
gable box 7 � 21.13 � a swift arrives
(5/5/20),
(4/5/17), (5/4/16),
(13/5/15), (7/5/14),
(7/5/13), (12/5/12),
(3/5/11), (3/5/10),
(6/5/09)
gable box 2 � 21.40 a pair arrive
eggs due around May 19th. One has colour ring Orange 3
gable box 4 21.39 pair reunited
gable box 5 � 21.43 a swift arrives
(5/5/20),
(4/5/17), (4/5/16),
(4/5/15), (2/5/14),
(7/5/13), (10/5/12),
(5/5/11), (16/5/10)
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May 10th
under eave 4 12.33 � mate arrives
gable box 7 20.58 the mate arrives
gable box 2 20.39 both swifts arrive
gable box 2 pair in over night
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May 11th
gable box 2 09.08 a swift arrives and leaves at
09.33
gable box 6 11.33 pair reunited
gable box 2 20.21 a swift arrives
gable box 2 020.24 the mate arrives. Both leave at 13.44
gable box 2 19.44 both arrive
gable box 2 pair in over night
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May 12th
gable box 2 10.26 a swift arrives and leaves at
1042
gable box 4 12.27 a swift arrives and leaves at
12.45
gable box 2 12.55 a swift arrives and leaves at
13.07
gable box 2 15.08 a swift arrives and leaves at
15.11
gable box 2 20.51 a swift arrives
gable box 9 20.31 three enter
close together causing a fight
gable box 2 pair in over night
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May 13th
gable box 4 08.15 a swift arrives and leaves at
08.22 � no rings
Gable box 5 19.47 a swift arrives
Gable box 5 20.07 a second
swift arrives fight
gable box 2 1 in over night
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May 14th
gable box 4 10.10 a swift arrives and leaves at
10.47
gable box 2 20.18 a swift arrives and leaves at
21.21
gable box 4
21.21 a swift arrives and leaves at 21.41
gable box 4 20.37 a swift arrives and leaves at
20.52
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May 15th sunrise 05.32 sunset 21.26
gable box 4 18.49 a swift arrives and leaves at
19.59
gable box 4 20.02 a swifts arrives and leaves at
20.12
gable box 4 20.39 a swift arrives and leaves at
20.43
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May 16th
gable box 4 10.35 a swift arrives and leaves at
10.38
gable box 4 20.40 a swift arrives and leaves at
20.50
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May 17th
16.30 nothing so far
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May 18th
gable box 9 1st egg 17
days together
gable box 4 20.30 a swift arrives and leaves at 20.35
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May 19th
gable box 9 2nd egg!!!
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gable box 6 11.16 a swift entered but didn�t
stay
gable box 6 11.20 a swift entered but didn�t
stay
gable box 6 11.22 a swift entered but didn�t
stay
gable box 4 20.31 a swift arrives and leaves at
20.38
gable box 1 20.14 a
swift arrives � no rings and stays over night
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May 20th
gable box 1 03.49 the swift leaves
gable box 6 1st egg
9 days together
under eave 4 1st egg
10 days together
gable box 2 21.55 a swift arrives and stays all
night
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May 21st
gable box 7 1st egg
gable box 2 21.55 a swift arrives and stays all
night
gable box 2 1 in over night
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May 22nd
under eave 4 2nd egg
gable box 4 12.28 a swift arrives and and leaves
at 12.37
gable box 5 1st egg
9 days together
gable box 6 2nd egg
gable box 4 21.13 a swift arrives and and leaves
at 21.18
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May 23rd
gable box 5 05.36 swift enters
causing a fight � orange 02
gable box 506.02 an
intruder arrives
gable box 4 21.07 a swift arrives and stays all
night
gable box 2 22.06 a swift arrives and stays all
night
gable box 2 21.55 a swift arrives and stays all
night
gable box 2 1 in over night
gable box 4 1 in over night
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May 24th
Gable box 4 10.41 an egg is laid �
no mate
gable box 4 20.34 a swift arrives and stays all
night
gable box 2 1 in over night
gable box 4 1 in over night
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May 25th
gable box 420.45 a swift arrives and stays
all night
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May 26th
gable box 2 21.02 a swift arrives and leaves at
22.21
gable box 4 22.21 a swift arrives and stays all
night
gable box 422.23 the
egg is dumped
gable box 4 1 in over night
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May 27th
gable box 4 09.50 a swift arrives and leaves at
11.13 white spot on right wing is using boxes 2 and 4
gable box 4 21.14 a swift arrives and stays all
night
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May 28th
gable box 4 1 in over night
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May 29th
gable box 4 1 in over night
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May 30th � 24C
gable box 2 22.09 a nervous swift
takes 45 seconds to enter. It stays close to the entrance and leaves at 22.37
gable box 4 1 in over night
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May 31st
gable box 2 08.31 a nervous swift
enters and leaves at 08.40
gable box 4 19.50 a swift with a
orange ring arrives and leaves at 20.29
gable box 11 21.55 a swift arrives
and stays all night
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June 1st
gable box 5 1st egg 8 days after the
fight
gable box 4 20.40 a swift arrives and stays all night
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June 2nd 25C
gable box 5 09.10 accidentally knock out their egg
gable box 8 09.14 a nervous swift
enters and leaves at 09.20
gable box 5 11.24 an intruder
arrives causing a fight
gable box 11 20.41 a swift arrives and
leaves at 20.54
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June 3rd
gable box 52nd egg
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June 4th
gable box 11 22.08 a swift arrives
and stays until 22.20
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June 5th
gable box 5 3rd egg
gable box 2 11.07 a nervous
swift arrives and leaves at 11.08
Gable box 10 11.09 a swift arrives
first time used and leaves at 12.05
gable box 2 11.25 a swift arrives and leaves at 12.12
gable box 10
22.20 a swift arrives and stays until 23.00
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June 6th
gable box 10
07.28 a swift arrives and stays until 08.26
gable box 10
22.16 a swift arrives and stays until 22.23
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June 7th
gable box 9 1st chick out
gable box 10
07.45 and leaves at 08.46
gable box 2 08.22� swift arrives and leaves at
08.25
gable box 10
13.24 a swift arrives and leaves at 13.51
gable box 2 13.37� swift arrives and leaves at
13.57
gable box 4 17.00 a swift arrives and leaves at
17.05
gable box 4 20.55 a swift arrives and leaves at
21.20
gable box 10
22.12 a swift arrives and leaves at 23.21
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June 8th
gable box 4 06.08 a swift arrives
and leaves at 06.23
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June 9th
gable box 10 09.00 a swift arrives
and leaves at 09.15
gable box 10 09.41 a swift arrives
gable box 10 09.43 a
2nd swift arrives
but no fighting
gable box 10 12.08 and 12.09 both
leave
gable box 4 12.51 a swift arrives
and leaves at 12.52
gable box 10 22.16 a swift arrives
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June 10th
under eave 4 1st chick hatched
gable box 10 swift leaves at 04.05
gable box 10 06.22 a swift arrives
gable box 10 06.39 a 2nd swift arrives
gable box 10 both leaves at 08.16
gable box 10 09.09 a swift arrives 09.11 a 2nd swift
arrives
gable box 10 they leave 10.21 and 10.24
gable box 10 12.43 a swift arrives 12.56 a 2nd arrives
and leaves at 12.32 and 12.36
gable box 10 15.15 a swift arrives. 15.22 a 2nd
arrives. They leave at 15.13 and 15.13
gable box 2 15.23 a
clumsy swift arrives and leaves
immediately
gable box 4 15.23� swift
arrives and leaves at 15.26
gable box 10 swift stays all night until 04.45
June 11th
gable box 10 06.20 a swift arrives. 06.34 the mate
arrives
gable box 10 09.15 both leave
gable box 10 13.00 a swift arrives and leaves at 13.14
gable box 10 21.24 a swift arrives and leaves at 21.57
gable box 10 22.02 a swift arrives and leaves at 22.08
gable box 10 22.09 a swift arrives and leaves at 22.14
gable box 10 22.17 a swift arrives. 22.18 mate arrives
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June 12th
gable box 10 both stay until 07.52
gable box 10 08.21 a swift arrives and leaves at 08.45
gable box 4 13.37 a swift arrives and leaves at
13.54
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June 13th
swifts using boxes 1 and 2
above the back door � is this the pairs that were using gable boxes
1-4?
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June 14th
back door 3 21.02 and 21.06 the pair return
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June 15th
sun rise 04.46 sun set 22.3
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pair is back door 3 leave at 09.14
back door 3 09.58 the pair return and leave at
11.07
back door 3 11.57 the pair return and leave at
12.32
back door 3 the pair arrive and stay all night
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June 16th
back door 3 the pair leave at 06.27
back door 3 11.53 a swift arrives and leaves at 12.33
back door 3 12.56 the pair arrive and leave at 13.44
back door 3 14.24 the pair and leave at 14.39
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June 17th
back door 3 the pair arrive and stay all night and
leave at 06.14
back door 3 06.13 a swift arrives and leaves at 06.43
back door 3 06.46 a swift arrives and leaves at 07.10
back door 3 07.57 a swift arrives 08.12 the mate
arrives. Both leave at 09.56
back door 3 11.54 both arrive. Both leave at 12.36
gable box 4 20.14 a swift arrives and stays until 21.08
back door 3 arrive at 22.24 and 22.27
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June 18th
back door 07.29 bangers at the boxes
back door 3 the pair leave at 08.12
back door 3 08.40the pair arrive and leave at 09.50
gable box 4 a swift arrives in the wrong box with nest
material
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June 19th to 22nd
back door 3 continue to use the box frequently
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June 23rd
back door 3 late lie in until 12.56
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June 24th
OMG back door 3 have an egg
11 days after moving �house�
Gable box 5 1st chick/s out
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June officially a very dry, warm moth
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July 1st
sun rise 04.55 sun set 22.03
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July 2nd
gable box 311.05 a
swift arrives and leaves at 11.13
gable box 5 colour ring orange
02
gable box 421.38 a
swift arrives and leaves
after 30 seconds
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July 3rd
gable box 3 11.47 a swift
arrives and leaves at 12.28
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July 4th
gable box 3 05.33 a swift arrives. it left at
09.53
gable box 4 11.21 a swift arrives
gable box 4 11.39 a swift enters the wrong box
causing a fight resulting in the new swift leaving
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gable box 4 11.47 a swift returns and leaves at
11.58
gable box 4 12.02 a swift arrives and leaves at
12.05
gable box 3 12.05 a swift arrives and leaves at
12.09
gable box 2 12.33 a nervous swift arrives and leaves
after 30 seconds
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July 5th
gable box 3 08.55 a swift arrives and leaves at
09.17
gable box 4 09.18 a swift arrives and leaves at
09.24
gable box 3 13.41 a swift arrives and leaves at
13.57
gable box 3 14.58 a swift arrives
gable box 2 15.04 a swift arrives
gable box 3 15.06 the swift leaves
gable box 2 15.15 the swift leaves
gable box 4 17.35 a swift arrives and leaves at
17.41
gable box 3 22.25 a swift arrives and leaves at
22.49
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July 6th
gable box 4 05.28 a swift arrives and leaves at
05.41
gable box 2 05.41 a swift arrives and leaves
after 10 seconds
gable box 3 05.42 a swift arrives and leaves at
06.00
gable box 4 07.05 a swift arrives and leaves at
07.32
gable box 3 10.18 a swift arrives and leaves at
10.42
gable box 3 10.52 a swift arrives and leaves at
10.54
gable box 4 11.02 a swift arrives and leaves at
11.07
gable box 6 15.27
yellow 20 visible of this years chick
gable box 6 15.46
yellow 27 visible of this years chick
under eave 4 17.51
yellow 29 visible on a chick
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July 7
gable box 3 07.47 a swift arrives and leaves at
08.00
gable box 3 09.47 a swift arrives and leaves at
09.58
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this evening
under eave 4 was caught and ringed
a non breeder was caught and ringed
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July 8th
gable box 4 12.41 a swift arrives and leaves at
12.55
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July 9th
gable box 4 07.20 a swift arrives and leaves at
07.50 and comes in again leaving at 08.28
gable box 3 08.32 a swift arrives and leaves at
09.07
gable box 4 09.31 a swift arrives
gable box 3 09.59 a swift arrives and leaves at
10.35
gable box 4 10.54 the swift leaves
gable box 4 12.36 a swift arrives and leaves at
12.46
gable box 3 14.00 a swift arrives and leaves at
14.16
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July 10th
gable box 3 09.51 a swift arrives
gable box 3 09.53 a 2nd swift
arrives
gable box 3 12.50 one leaves. Second leaves at
12.54
gable box 3 12.56 a swift arrives
gable box 3 12.59 a 2nd swift
arrives
gable box 3 14.03 one leaves. Second leaves at
14.12
gable box 4 14.35 a swift arrives and leaves at
14.38.13
gable box 3 14.38.20 a swift arrives and leaves
at 14.42
gable box 3 22.11 a swift arrives
gable box 3 22.22 a 2nd swift arrives
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July 11th
gable box 3 both stay over night
gable box 4 06.48 a swift arrives and leaves at
06.50
gable box 3 10.18 both leave
gable box 3 11.05 a swift arrives and leaves at
11.08
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under eave 3 13.44
orange ring ?14
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gable box 3 22.24 a swift arrives. 22.27 the
mate arrives
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July 12th
gable box 300.06 the
pair flee their nest when fireworks are set off
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gable box 3 07.02 and 07.18 the pair return and
leave at 09.44
gable box 3 15.32 a swift arrives and leaves at
15.35
gable box 4 15.32 a nervous swift arrives and
leaves at 15.38
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under eave 4 the ringed bird
abandoned for 5 days after getting ringed. It returned this morning
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July 13th
gable box 4 10.28 a swift arrives and leaves at
10.19
gable box 3 12.56 a swift arrives and leaves at
13.06
gable box 3 13.10 a swift arrives and leaves at
13.18
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July 14th
27C at 4pm
back door 3 egg hatched this
morning
gable box 4 07.06 a swift arrives and leaves at
07.15
gable box 3 07.37 and 07.38 the pair arrive
gable box 4 08.04 a swift arrives and leaves at
08.14
gable box 4 08.36 a swift arrives and leaves at
08.41
gable box 3 the pair leave at 09.41 and 09.45
gable box 3 10.13 a swift arrives and leaves at
10.33
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July 15th
26C at 4pm
gable box 3 07.52 a swift arrives and leaves at
8.10
gable box 3 08.21 a swift arrives and leaves at
8.35
gable box 3 10.05 the pair arrive �
is one ringed? Both leave at 11.05
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July 16th 27C at 4pm
gable box 3 06.24 a swift arrives and leaves at
07.35
gable box 3 07.59 a swift arrives and leaves at
07.35
gable box 2 07.59 a swift arrives and leaves
after 10 seconds
gable box 3 08.01 the mate arrives. Both leave
at 09.00
gable box 4 09.43 a swift arrives and leaves at
09.44
gable box 3 09.46 a swift arrives and leaves at
09.51
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July 17th
hottest day EVER!! 31.2C
gable box 3 06.16 a swift arrives. 06.18 the
mate arrives
gable box 3 they leave at 07.40 and 07.42
gable box 3 08.32 the pair arrive
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July 18th
27C at 4pm
gable box 3 06.06 a swift arrives and leaves at
06.13
gable box 9 09.01 1st chick fledges
42 days
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July 19th
28C at 4pm
gable box 9
07.25 2nd chick fledges ?42 days
gable box 7
08.00 1st chick fledges 38 days
gable box 7
10.29 2nd chick fledges 38 days
gable box 7
22.14 3rd chick fledges 38 days
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July 20th 29C at 3.30pm
under eave 4 07.58 1st
chick fledges 42 days
under eave 4 21.43 2nd
chick fledges 42 days
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July 21st
hottest day EVER!! 31.3C
gable box 4 07.14 a swift arrives and leaves at
07.25
gable box 3 08.01 a swift arrives and leaves at
08.11
gable box 9 07.52 2nd
chick fledges
gable box 6 12.40 1st
chick fledges
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July 22nd
hottest day EVER!! 31.4C
gable box 3 06.38 a swift arrives and leaves at
06.49
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July 27th � 18C at 4pm
gable box 6 07.05 1st chick
fledged
gable box 6 07.12 2nd chick
fledged
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July 31st
gable box 5 11.44 1st chick fledged
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August 1st
gable box 5 11.59 2nd chick fledges
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August 2nd
gable box 5 11.59 3rd chick fledges
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August 23rd
back door 3 the chick fledges at 07.18 aged 41 days
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How many days do adults stay post fledging?
gable box 5 � 5th/8 � 1
gable box 7 –
0
under eave 4
– 0
gable box 9 –
9 both in, 2nd/8 1, 3rd � 1, 4th � 1, 5th � 1
Gable box 6 � 2 both in, 3rd � 1, 4th �
1, 5th � 1
back door 3 0
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Feeding rates very wet compared to cloudy but dry.
Under eave box 4