PMCA Video, Baby eats HUGE bug. Inside a Gourd

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LarryMelcher/KY
Posts: 675
Joined: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:08 pm
Location: Kentucky/Shepherdsville

Caught this on camera today. It is only 2 minutes.... less than 2 minutes long. Awesome, close up, and in HD.
https://youtu.be/OOcZkGIv3Ic
I manage 2 public sites, and one at home, for a total of 172 cavities. Board Member / Non Profit PMCA.
Find videos that I edit for the PMCA Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/PurpleMartinPMCA
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Louise Chambers
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Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2003 1:07 pm
Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Wow, that is a beakful! I believe that's a cicada, though could not tell you what kind. Yum, hope all the babies got one.
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BW Fowler
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Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:01 pm
Location: TX/Buda

What a meal! That should last a long while.

BW
2009-2013 a few visitors.
2014: 1 pair of SY love birds, 5 fledges; 2015: 7 pair, 34 Fldg; 2016: 12p/54F; 2017: 14p/71F;
2018: 24p/103F; 2019: 29p/130F; 2020: 38p/190F
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Bulldog1
Posts: 700
Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:33 am
Location: Mississippi/Hamilton

very nice
PMCA member
2015 - 18 Gourds offered - 12 active nests, 62 eggs, 51 fledged
2014 - 18 gourds offered - 12 active nests, 52 eggs, 48 fledged
2013 - 12 gourds offered - 9 pairs, 56 eggs, 52 hatched, 49 fledged
2012 - 12 gourds offered -4 pairs, 20 eggs, 19 fledged
2011 - 6 gourds offered -1 pair, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 fledged !!!!
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suem
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Joined: Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:00 am
Location: Virginia/Scottsville

WOW Larry. Talk about being a "fly on the wall". So interesting to see activity in the gourds! Thank you!!!!
Love the gurgles
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John & Linda - KY
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Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:19 pm
Location: Kentucky/Hawesville

Did you notice, fairly early in the video, the baby deposit a fecal sac? -- John
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