My Guests, A Tailor bird Family (Part II)

When I was surprised in the morning of 09-May, I then knew this incubation period is equal to about 14 days. Two weeks may be short, but it is enough to transform the eggs with a golden-heart into something that talk, that fly, and that have passion.

(09-May)

The Tailorbird was always too cautious, and the quick "cheup, cheup, cheup" was loud and sharp to drop the preys in the beak repeatedly. I thus decided to hide myself behind my car for our mutual benefits: it could feed the chicks and I could take pictures.

Every time it came back, it took time to keep a lookout from a distance, and then got nearer, and nearer, before perching in front of the nest. The feeding was as fast as one to two seconds, and the cycle repeated.

The chicks might think that I could provide them some food, instead it was they who provided me with more excitement. They raised their mouth so high until the tiny neck was fully stretched. Their eyes were opened so big as to start learning who was good and who was bad at this very first moment.

The hatching success rate was three out of four, and the young birds would be in full-fledged in about 14 days. They would not check-out or return any key to me. I merely needed to pay more attention to every single progress daily.