Virtual Tour of Nesting Site | Last visit with "Lightning"

Above is an Interactive Video Virtual Tour of the nesting site.

For the full immersive experience please visit this page with a flash enabled browser. Click and drag the image to change your point of view and use the the thumbnails in the top left corner to change between still and video mode.

This Tour was created on the growth assessment on May the 27th with "Lightning" the Cahow chick that we have been following from burrow # 831. He (or she) departed around 11pm on May 28th and is expected to return in 3 to 5 years.

We will be moving this CahowCam to another active nest in the next few days and are preparing to live stream the nocturnal outdoor exercising of the remaining chicks starting next week, please sign up to the Newsletter for alerts.

Lightning Exercising, will fledge in next few days.

Above film recorded at 5pm on May 25th, *chick did NOT depart night of the 25th

This years CahowCam star: "Lighting" has had the benefit of both parents feeding him (or her) regularly and has therefore been one of the fastest growing chicks this year and now appears ready to fledge earlier than expected, possibly in the next few nights.

Last night our equipment suffered (but survived) the second lightning strike in the past 2 weeks and I have asked my daughter to more careful when picking a name next season.

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"Lightning" Cahow chick update

As of Monday, 5th May, "Lightning" the cahow chick is now 64 days old, or about 2-thirds grown (the egg was laid on the 9th of January, and hatched on the 2nd of March after a 52-day incubation period). Its weight at its last check on May 2 was 354 grams, and its wing chord (outer wing length) was 160mm. "Lightning's" wing chord will reach 265-275mm by the time it is ready to fledge in about 25 to 30 days.

2014 Cahow Cam installed in burrow # 831

The primary 2014 Cahow Cam has been installed in burrow # 831 on Nonsuch Island.

The chick (since named "Lightning") was confirmed as hatched on March 2nd 2014.

It's parents were both translocated to Nonsuch in 2006, returned in 2009 and hatched their first chick in 2010. The male is band # E0197 and the female is band # E0212.

This egg was first confirmed on the 10th of January.

On the 4th of March the chick weighed 52 grams

On the 15th of March the chick weighed 179 grams

On the 14th of April the chick weighed 371 grams and had a wing chord of 94mm

* We have weights and measurements at more or less 2 to 3 day intervals (weather permitting) which we will post shortly.