The World Through Your Eyes

[YQMaoski]

I snipped a few bits of several videos I took today to make this minute-long thing:

Outdoor Expedition (First Time Outside)

[markwr]

Nice! Thanks @YQMaoski

[markwr]

@SeekerSupreme

Watching them nibble on the chives

I can’t help it. Every time I hear the word “chives”, I think about a song we used to perform: “Jive Talkin’” by the Bee Gees. Back then I used to tell a pun about singing “Chive Talkin’”.

[YQMaoski]

I did a bit more video cutting, so each one of these is just a minute and a half. The ducks are loving their water time, and the quail are just getting used to eating, drinking, and falling asleep all over…

Water Fun

Two Days Old (Japanese Coturnix Quail)

[markwr]

Thanks @YQMaoski - Both my wife and I love these videos.

[YQMaoski]

The ducks got introduced to grapes today, and one of them decided that she was too good to come check out something new:

Introducing Grapes

The quail babies are 3 days old, they aren’t doing too many things differently, they wander around, look out in curiosity, but are too scared of anything that moves. Ultimately, they like to just fall asleep all over:

Curious, Scared, But Too Sleepy (3 Days Old)

[delenn13]

Thanks for the videos, @YQMaoski

They are so cute when they are little but NO KISSING.

CDC Warns Americans to Stop Kissing Birds, You Salmonella Freaks

[Danacscott]

@YQMaoski A duck came up to the lemonade stand and he said to the man running the stand: Hey! Got any grapes?

Yours actually got some. :XD

[markwr]

Thanks @YQMaoski - I waited for my wife to get home from shopping, and we watched the two new videos together. That first video is a really grape (great) video! In the second video we laughed when the one little guy was sleeping face-down with his little legs spread out.

[YQMaoski]

@delenn13

NO KISSING.

Yeah, it’s a problem for a lot of people kissing their birds… But since they like to roll around in their own poop I am pretty careful to always wash my hands after playing with them.

@Danacscott

Yours actually got some. :XD

Indeed, we rarely eat grapes, and my wife went and bought 2 pounds of grapes after reading that ducks like them, lol!

@markwr

I waited for my wife to get home from shopping, and we watched the two new videos together.

I am really happy that you are having fun watching these videos. It makes it worthwhile to keep doing them and sharing.

@markwr

one little guy was sleeping face-down with his little legs spread out.

Even though we are used to it now, being our 3rd time hatching and raising quail, we still get nervous in this early stage seeing them like that, need to keep checking to make sure their little chests are going up and down and they are breathing. But sometimes they just fall asleep like that, and it’s really hilarious.

[markwr]

@YQMaoski

need to keep checking to make sure their little chests are going up and down and they are breathing. But sometimes they just fall asleep like that, and it’s really hilarious.

Maybe they are learning to play dead, like an opossum. That reminds me, years ago, one of our cats had a chipmunk on our back porch. The little guy was laying motionless and spread-eagle face down on the smooth cement, and was as flat as little bear rug. Finally our cat walked away, and that chipmunk popped up and ran away. We were relieved, but couldn’t help laughing at that sight.

[markwr]

Kim (my wife, she said I can use her name) had just asked me to take a picture of the eggs in a bird’s nest in in a Begonia Hanging Basket on our front porch. I was careful to be quick, not wanting to stress the parents. As I took the photo I noticed movement. That’s when I realized one of the 6 eggs had just hatched.

[delenn13]

Our grape vines are just starting to bloom and have some leaves on it.

[Pylinaer]

@markwr

Begonia

My potted begonia appears to be dying

[YQMaoski]

Two Ducks, One Tub (it’s safe for work) Short video for you all today.

Duckie Duet (3 Weeks 4 Days)

[markwr]

@YQMaoski

Two Ducks, One Tub

They like that tub? Water (What are) you saying?

[DontBeSilly]

Found a beaver by a sea the other day. Highly unusual place for a beaver to hang out … https://streamable.com/xjcy6a video down the link. Doesnt seem to be a way to upload directly.

[YQMaoski]

So a bit late on the updates, I have been rather busy lately between work and other things that I had some raw footage but didn’t have time to upload. So here’s a series of videos as if I casted Giant Growth by tapping into some Forests…

The Cayuga ducks have been growing rapidly since their last visit here, being able to to fit 2 into that little tub, but definitely no more…

Playing Around (3 Weeks 5 Days)

Feeding Frenzy

Foodie Ducks (3 Weeks 6 Days)

Noisy Lap Duck (4 Weeks 3 Days)

Bully Duck (4 Weeks 6 Days)

Semblance of Floating/Swimming (5 Weeks Old)

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Now the quail I don’t have great footage of, it’s a bit harder to get because they are just too shy. They are naturally wild birds and so they take to each other, but never really to us humans, especially because we are so huge… Their survival instinct just keeps them away from me most of the time. Most of the time I have a camera trained on them, they are rushing fast to the farthest possible corner and staying there until I walk away.

Eating and Pooping (5 Days Old)

Playing With Food (6 Days Old)

Fluffy Coat (1 Week 2 Days)

Shy Fluffs (2 Weeks Old)

I know it’s a lot of videos, but they are all short, and document some nice growth of both sets of birds, so I hope you don’t mind the spam. At least I am going to keep them all in one post.

@markwr , hope you and you wife enjoy these, even if they are a little late.

[delenn13]

WOW they have grown so fast…

[markwr]

@YQMaoski - Fabulous! Thank you.