28 Hyatt Rd - 2007
April 30 / May 1 - The bedroom window is open and a bird has made a nest inside the house! Nest - Eggs - Bird in nest. From a description over the phone, Grace Metz thought it might be a wren. From looking at some pictures, we think this is a Carolina wren, because of the white stripe above its eyes.
May 15 (tuesday). MT returns (left May 4) - Little birds - 2 - 3 - Proud parent
May 16 (wednesday). Time lapse (5 sec intervals)
May 17 (thursday) little birds 4 -- Movie!
More movies (variants of the same thing;)
02 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 18 - 19
And: Ummm - 08 :
(how the nest is kept clean)
17 :
just pushing each other around
--- How these were done: a small clamp light was used for lighting, and a camcorder
on a tripod was focused on the nest. The tape recording was started and we returned
after the 1 hr tape had run out (the recording was started around 9 am). The
mother / father birds visited the nest around 17 times during the 1 hr, spending
about 10-15 sec for each visit.
May 18 (friday) -- Very cold (and rainy). Bruce figures out how to turn on heater! We needed to turn on the gas line outside the house, then find the instructions on the inside of the burner, then find and turn on the pilot
Little birds are looking more advanced. They now have white eyebrows and smoother feathers -- 5 -- 6
May 19 (Saturday) - Bird movies -- 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 (some
jostling)
New refrigerator! 21 cubic feet. Estimated use is 515
kWh per year, $47. Amana.
Model ATB2136ARW; serial 53005286JN. Cost $599 + tax; $25 moving, $20 removal
of old refrigerator. 66" high, 33" wide, 30" deep.
May 20 (sunday) - Morning bird movies -- 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (more
"nest cleaning") - 6 (another nest cleaning)
- 7 (trying
out wings) - 8 - 9 (more
trying out wings) - 10
Afternoon - they're flying around! But two of them weren't
quite ready to fly out the window.
Sid takes a look. MT chased them around the room - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18.
In the end, he got one to stay on his hand - 7 -- 8.
Movies -- 1 (at the window) - 2 (on
a book) - 3 (captured) - 4 (re-captured)
- 5 (close up) - 6 (cheep
cheep!) - 7 (cheep! cheep!)
Sleeping one last night in the Hyatt (two next to each
other, head facing backwards, buried in wing). Last
picture.
May 21 (Monday) - The birds woke up in the Hyatt but left sometime during
the day.
Probable time line: hatching is at ~14 days, and fledging also ~14 days. So eggs
may have been laid April 22, hatching May 6, flying away May 20.
Wednesday May 23 -- Wii!! - Marina & Rachael
Sunday, May 27 -- First swim - get shower set up - swim
shoes - "It was cold but still enjoyable"
according to RJ
First dinner - smoked bluefish, tabouleh, asparagus - Linda - Rindy
First movie
Monday, May 28 -- clean up corner table before - after
Dinner - Sid & Signhild 1 - 2 --
smoked bluefish, tabouleh from yesterday plus wild rice salad, bluefish pate,
arugula with olive oil / meyer lemon, and rhubarb strawberry cobbler. Posed
picture,
taken by Sid!
Tuesday May 29 -- on the deck
Thurs May 31 -- new rack in bathroom
Friday June 1 -- A yellow bird at the window 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 -- it was tapping at the window. After consulting with Mr. H. Luther, this is probably an immature baltimore oriole.
Saturday June 2 -- bird song - carolina
wren - another bird song
Rindy's garden
Sunday June 3 - Movie club - "Pan's Labyrinth"
Monday June 4 -- bird song
Tuesday, June 5 - new mosquito magnet
Friday, June 15 - car problems 1 - 2
Sunday, June 17 - boxing (angelica & teresa) - Katie's new dog Popeye 1 -
2 - 3
Chelo - dinner (teresa,
chris, zach, danielle)
Sunday, June 24 - Tennis - Ian vs Jorge 1 - 2
Saturday, July 7 - trip to the marsh (taken by rachael or marina) - Rindy - a
shell
John Hammer enjoying wii - jorge
cooks meat - jorge - ernesto - mark - wes - rachael - wes
& peter - marina - group - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Thursday, July 19 - Jorge - Joe - Peter - Jorge / Ian - Ian 1 - 2
Saturday, July 21 - another barbecue! - Angelica and Victor - Katie - wii (Andrew, Katie)
Sunday, July 22 - 4 dogs! - Jorge - Jim
Monday, July 23 - dinner (argentinian gulyash - Peter's last dinner this summer). Some whisky afterwards - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11
Wednesday, July 25 - Fish before - after - grilled eggplant - Eiichi - Jorge / Gail
Friday, July 27 - Rindy - Eiichi - Jorge & Mark
Sunday, July 29 - breakfast 1 - 2 - 3
Jorge & Eiichi - dinner
Monday, July 30 - last swim
Saturday, August 4 - jorge's last 2007 bbq
new way to make chimichurri! - katie & angelica - deck - pineapple
cake
Tom plays Zach in wii tennis 1 - 2 - 3 - 4;
Andrew & Zach
Sunday, August 5 - A trip to Stop and Shop: Kenta & Yuta - and
Mitsue
Wii boxing Kenta & Yuta: 1 - 2
Tuesday, August 7 - cottage scene
Thursday, August 9 - Tempura dinner 1 - 2 - 3
Sunday, August 19 - an outing at Wood Neck Beach (David Jaffe's 50th)
in the marsh - it's cold! - creature sighting - the crab
kites - first up - starfish kite - three
Saturday August 25 - dinner with Michelle & Dan, made by Michelle: ceviche, eggplant salad, jasmine rice, cornmeal crepes, roasted tomato salsa. Preceded by wii, followed by various shorts & movies
Sunday, August 26 - breakfast by Michelle - sweet potato pancakes (secret
ingredients: lots of cinnamon and cayenne!)
Movie club
Sunday, September 9 - cranberry beans from Connecticut 1 - 2 - 3 - 4; bean soup with smoked bluefish (from Sid) dinner 1 - 2 - 3; Sid & Signhild
Wednesday, September 12 - Deck repair 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Flowers next to shower
Monday, September 17 - Deck repair continued
Thursday, September 20 - Deck repair finished!
Monday, October 8 - Birds at the feeder (thanks to Herb Luther for identifications):
Tufted titmouse 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ; carolina
wren ; blue jay ; cardinal ;
downy woodpecker 1 - 2 - 3 ;
young goldfinch 1 - 2 ;
chickadee 1 - 2 ;
red breasted nuthatch 1 - 2
Movies: Tufted titmouse -- Carolina
wren -- red
breasted nuthatch -- downy woodpecker -- red
bellied woodpecker -- chickadee
