Yesterday in the afternoon, Paul and I checked the box and found 4 healthy, sleeping hatchlings in the box! No sign of egg shells, so the 4th hatchling must have hatched sometime earlier in the morning (not that I imagine it takes that long for parents to remove the shells).
We had a veryviolent storm last night around midnight that caused Paul and I distress. We were both incredibly relieved this morning when we saw the box intact. And I'm happy to report that all 4 little ones are just fine (I've checked twice today).
This photo was taken by the same guy as yesterday. He took pictures of his hatchlings for their 14 days in the nest box. I'll include a link to the appropriate day's photo while ours are growing up.
Posted by Elizabeth at July 6, 2004 02:00 PM