Day 29 — Early brooding, peak overnight activity

Today marks day 8 of brooding for the four surviving nestlings, with coverage ending early at 02:58 PT. The female was present throughout this short monitoring window, with the first activity noted at 00:00.

The nest remained quiet, with the longest gap between moments of activity lasting three minutes, from 00:02 to 00:05. The busiest hour recorded was 00:00, with 24 frames captured.

Highlight of the day

At 00:20 PT, a House Finch nestling is visible within a cup-shaped nest, surrounded by what appears to be nesting material and possibly food remnants.

From the overhead camera

Top-down view from the Tapo C110 looking straight down into the cup.

00:00 PT — overhead: an adult at the cup

00:02 PT — overhead: an adult at the cup

00:05 PT — overhead: an adult at the cup

The brood

00:05 PT — adult at the cup

00:18 PT — adult at the cup

00:23 PT — adult at the cup

00:25 PT — adult at the cup

Day 29 by the numbers

• Motion clips: 72
• With birds in frame: 72
• Both adults in frame: 0
• Brood: 4 of 5 nestlings surviving (one lost Jun 22)
• Bird-free frames: 0
• Peak hour: 00:00
• First to last activity: 00:00 → 02:58 PT
• Weather: high 20.6°C, low 11.9°C, 14h 46m daylight, wind to 24.9 km/h, no precipitation
• Capture coverage ended at 02:58 PT — a camera or storage gap on the recording side, not the birds going quiet.

Watching for tomorrow: the crossover toward heavier provisioning around days 7-9 post-hatch.