Slate-throated Redstart Chicks Getting Bigger By The Day – Sept. 13, 2017
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Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2017 · Pets & Animals
**************************************************** Watch the cam live, 24/7, at http://allaboutbirds.org/redstarts The Slate-throated Redstart cam is situated on the expansive grounds of the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel (http://www.inkaterra.com/inkaterra/inkaterra-machu-picchu-pueblo-hotel/the-experience/) in Machupicchu Pueblo, Peru, situated a few thousand feet below the ruins of Machu Picchu. The small roofed nest is a little under a meter off the ground in a thicket of common ivy that covers a stone wall on the property. In studies of Slate-throated Redstarts in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, it took an average of 14 days of incubation before eggs hatched, followed by an average of 11 days until fledging. As this nest hatched on the morning of September 4, we would expect the young to fledge sometime around September 15. The biggest challenge to seeing these birds fledge isn't even the technical aspect of the cam: it's the high chance of the nest being predated or failing prior to fledging. Across the tropics, the rate of nest failure in open cup nesting birds can be 80% or higher! This figure holds for Slate-throated Redstart species that have been studied in other locales, and we can't know whether this particular nest will survive; however, most birds in the tropics cope with this reality by nesting multiple times within the breeding season, and laying fewer eggs per attempt — literally, not putting all of their eggs in one basket! About the Inkaterra Asociación Inkaterra Asociación (ITA) (http://www.inkaterra.com/inkaterra-asociacion-org/) is a non-profit institution that started research in 1978 to promote the conservation of Peru’s biodiversity and cultural resources. Committed to sustainable development, its core objectives are the encouragement of scientific research and the promotion of responsible business models to benefit local communities. Determined to improve the quality of life for every living being, ITA has been able to protect over 15,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest in the low basin of Madre de Dios river (capturing 3,400,000 tons of carbon emissions), as well as ecosystems in Cuzco’s cloud forests. These activities are supported by partnerships with National Geographic Society, Global Environment Facility (United Nations), Conservation International, World Bank, International Game Fish Association, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and other influential organizations. As intended by the founder of Inkaterra Hotels, José Koechlin von Stein, ITA’s research program is self-funded through its ecotourism activities, which have provided 21 new species for science among orchids, amphibians, insects and liana. An Andean (Spectacled) Bear conservation program in Machu Picchu; bird and orchid studies; and a marine reserve at Cabo Blanco (Northern Peru) stand out among ITA’s current projects. #birdcams #live #redstart #nest #birds #wildlife #nature #nowplaying #peru #machupicchu #southamerica
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