My Colony 2005

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Entrances By Sandy</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>    </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Entrances By Sandy"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id219.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2004"><U>My Colony 2004</U></A>   |   <B>My Colony 2005</B>   |   <A HREF="id243.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2006"><U>My Colony 2006</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2007 Colony"><U>2007 Colony</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id258.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Colony"><U>2008 Colony</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2009 Colony"><U>2009 Colony</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Colony"><U>2010 Colony</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id268.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2011"><U>My Colony 2011</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Satellite Colony at Work"><U>Satellite Colony at Work</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Work Colony 2011"><U>Work Colony 2011</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>My Colony 2005</B></I></div> <div> <B>Well, unfortunately for me, neither of my pair from last year returned, so I was back to starting all over again.  This year I am offering 110 cavities.  33 are natural gourds painted brown, 16 are natural gourds painted white, 45 are assorted white plastic gourds, 2 are the High Density Foam Grasse Martin Huts, and 14 cavities are in a white pvc sintra T-14 house that has wooden nest trays.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>On 4/29/05, a SY male started hanging around and brought in several females.  Finally, on 5/4/05, he found one that stayed.  On 5/7/05, they started building their nest.  On 5/14/05, a second pair of SY birds showed up and started spending the night.  Both pair chose brown natural gourds on the same gourd rack.  The first pair chose a south facing gourd on the lower level and the second pair chose an east facing gourd on the upper level.  On 5/15/05, the first pair laid their first egg.  The fifth and last egg was laid on 5/19/05.  As of 5/20/05, the second pair has their nest practically completed, but have not laid any eggs yet.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="a57df9b0.jpg" border=0 width="479" height="411" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="a86eb9a0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="410" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>                                    This is the SY male from the first pair.  I dubbed him "Founder".                                   His Lady</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="a5e5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This first five eggs for 2005 at my colony.  Long live Founder and his lady!!  Projected hatch date is June 3rd, 2005.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A short video of Founder and his lady with their five eggs.  Sorry this video has NO sound.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-2690/Founder_s_Girl_Incubating.mpg" target="_blank"><u>Founder, his lady, and their five eggs.</u></a>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here are the 5 babies that Founder and his Lady produced.  Four of the babies were born on 6/3/05 and the fifth was born on 6/4/05.  The video was shot late in the day on 6/4/05 so the color quality is not great.  The video is about 20 MBs so those of you with dialup may have trouble viewing it.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-2751/Hatchlings_60405_2.mpg" target="_blank"><u>Five babies-1 day old 6/4/05</u></a>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-2761/Five_babies-9_days_old.avi" target="_blank"><u>Five Babies 9 days old</u></a>  </B></div> <div> <B>For the 2005 season, I ended up with two pair of sub adults, known as SY birds.  Between them, they laid 9 eggs, hatched 9 eggs, and fledged all 9 babies.  I have much video that I taped of things that happened in the nest, and will be adding them later.  More video of Founder and his lady, plus their hatchlings can be found </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Video Clips"><U><B>here</B></U></A></FONT><B>.  On the page you will be taken to, you will find two videos taken by other landlords, and my videos are below those.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id219.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2004"><U><B>Previous Page</B></U></A><B>              </B><A HREF="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sbunn1@suddenlink.net"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A><B>             </B><A HREF="id243.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Colony 2006"><U><B>Next Page</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>