24 February 2010

Menetas Akhirnya - Finally the egg hatch

After incubating for 18 days, finally I saw the first evident of successful hatching yesterday. The female Iora brought out the egg shell to make room for the new member of family.
I saw the feeding frenzy with the male and female bringing food to their baby every 15 to 20 minutes.

Female Iora with Egg Shell

Here female with green larva.

Female Common Iora with Food

Male with brown insect.

Male Common Iora with food
The Pair - female with food. They still sit inside the nest, guarding it. Not even a second the nest left unintended. If the male is looking for food, the female sit inside the nest and vise versa.
The chicks are still small and not visible from outside.

Common Iora Pair

10 comments:

Wai Yien said...

you must be elated, feel like a parent again?

Great follow thru doc.

rainfield61 said...

You will finally not going to see them again.

Are you going to miss them?

Lois said...

What a fascinating series of pictures Tabib! You are so fortunate to be able to watch them. Thank you for sharing. I hope you are feeling better!

Chris said...

Hi Tabib,
Well I guess you enjoyed this moment a lot and will enjoy the next month quite a lot too, especially when the little ones will show their heads ;-) You got magnificent pictures of the first feeding. Please keep us up-date!

Mark Fellowes said...

Excellent set of images - well done!

zzlaloq said...

nice pics for the long wait..

Life in Egypt said...

Well done TYabib wont be long before you get a shot of the chick.

Madibirder said...

Tahniah, Jadi Bapak pulok demo!

Hasyimi Adam said...

Great observation doc, congratulation!

wondersf said...

Good series you are starting. Keep yoru fingers cross before the Oriole beats you to the finishing line.