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Roadrunner Couple Building a Nest And Raising Chicks

Lot's of action in this nest-watch video: nest building, dove attacks, hatchlings emerging, lizard swallowing, chicklet devouring, poop disposal, nestling rejection (it's brutal, you have been warned!), and finally fledging of one surviving nestling. We built a nesting platform for a roadrunner couple under our patio on Feb. 16, and saw the first egg laid on Feb. 26. Three more eggs followed. The first baby emerged on Mar. 17. Then we got two more hatchlings, but sadly, they were rejected by the parents after some time in the nest. When the last egg hatched on Mar. 28, the parents quickly rejected this small chick as well. So only one of the four roadrunner hatchlings survived and fledged. We think the nesting was too early in the season and there was not enough food to support all four nestlings. The surviving baby roadrunner left the nest on Apr. 11. We hope to see the roadrunner family around our backyard in the months to come. We watched the nest for 55 days. Now we are empty-nesters again :-( but we enjoy being able to use our patio again.