Backyard Bird Watching: House Finch Nest 5 Weeks Complete Documentary

Filmed over the course of 5 weeks, from Eggs to Baby Flying away, shot in Pasadena California

[@jessicah9179]

Wonderful video, and who cares that he pet the birds. Its not like he hurt them or the mom disowned them gee whiz guys. And the runt may have just hatched a few days later than the others. Is what it is its not like it died, it was just a day or so behind the others. Forget all the nitpickers!! Again, great video!

[@mohammadkhan6597]

Wonderful video 👍🤩

[@EyesWideOpenTruth]

This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen God Bless you for this👏🏽

[@jpnoll1781]

Absolutely amazing. I have a nest just outside my patio sliding door on a bamboo shade. Got still pics of the dad and mom. I was going to take the shade down and looked up and saw the nest! Wow!

[@sdmagnolia9]

I'd love to know if the runt made it out too. I have a House Finch nest on my porch right now with newly hatched chicks. This was a great way for me to see what's coming up! Had no idea it was going to be so messy! Oh well. We have a tiny camera mounted above the nest from the porch ceiling. We installed it before she laid her eggs. It's been so much fun watching the progress. ***** I'd like to note- that while I don't agree with touching the birds, this man seems to really love and appreciate them. I don't think he meant any disrespect. UNLIKE MANY OF YOU WHO CHOSE TO NAME CALL AND LEAVE RACIST COMMENTS!!! You all need to check yourselves. And a lot of people whose first language is NOT English use the word shit and do not realize it is considered inappropriate by people who do not tolerate profanity. I don't think he meant to offend.

[@o.osuq-madiq2008]

Yeah! You tell em!

[@gurinderjitsingh8419]

I love this video... thanks

[@imeldapearce]

Thank you so much for caring about these creatures so much you would take the time and trouble to film their lifecycle. Most years, house finches build a nest in my eves on the back patio. I live in San Diego. Unfortunately, some thing came along and knocked down the eggs and killed them before they hatched.. Great video. The sound and visuals are so clear. Now I know more about the whole process. Some brave finches have returned and built again. I hope they have better luck. The first ones came in April. now it is early June.

[@StAndrew65]

Even though I didn't appreciate his use of the word "S@#T" nor his harassing of the babies, I did like the video. BTW, the eggs don't hatch all at the same time, so it's normal to see a 'runt' in the nest. Congrats to the house finch parents for raising FIVE babies!

[@flashlitestriker4028]

Excellent filming & documentary, ToORiMa! Excellently educational!

[@SB-ul1py]

Thank you! I just experienced this at my house and wish I’d seen your wonderful doc first. Loving parents and Amazingly beautiful creatures.

[@damithrox5136]

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[@celmonico]

Beutiful video. I have raised many different wild baby birds in Connecticut that fell from the nests. Yellow finch, cardinals, canaries, doves, blue jays, sparrows, house whrens, and so on. I have the house finch in my yard and they sing beautifully. Thanks for this beautiful images of nature in action. Birds are here for our joy.

[@tacystewart9108]

Very well done. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks

[@MOODSTORELAXATIONSOUNDSTOHEAL]

My day is complete watching this despite any worries i suddenly feel ok

[@littlered3533]

What an incredible thing to experience!

[@glendsjohnson8208]

I really!! enjoyed that 😍

[@user-pv2hc7co7n]

I love how the parents equally give them portions

[@kennethelkins-wulff9644]

If the parents were giving equal portions then the littlest one wouldn't be so weak!

[@user-pv2hc7co7n]

@@kennethelkins-wulff9644 oof

[@user-pv2hc7co7n]

@@kennethelkins-wulff9644 it could just be a runt or the last to hatch some eggs do hatch days later than most

[@northerners2828]

That house was very lucky, full of blessings to come.

[@CharismaticPlanet3822]

Birds are amazing creature of God. They don't like to leave their kids as well. Thanks for sharing such a lovely video. Great work man.

[@pikubird]

23:10 poor dad has gotten trichomonias in his eye. Common in house finches. And he keeps going even though he’s not feeling well at all. That’s why you don’t see him around all the way to the end of the video unfortunately. They are some really great parent finches!

[@glendsjohnson8208]

Is there anything you can do?

[@glendsjohnson8208]

Can the other birds catch what the dad bird have?

[@glendsjohnson8208]

They getting to big for the nest😍

[@hentsuperm2]

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[@natalieb5681]

please refrain from poking the birds...

[@charliedallachie3539]

Natalie B very true, the parents will still return but it’s completely unnecessary and possibly spreading viruses or bacteria.

[@kk_giirl]

This was me 😳 .... when he starting poking at them

[@jenniferh189]

@Jennifer heaven forbid we CARE about animals.

[@kk_giirl]

Jennifer i see your profile pic is the same color as your soul

[@kk_giirl]

Jennifer bringing race in to it huh! Typical! Well since i have to EXPLAIN it... I was commenting on your black colored circle profile pic... matching your black colored HEART 🖤 NEVER said anything about YOU being black... how the hell would I know that! You’re not very bright are you? It is sad that you took it that way tho. I almost feel for you.... poor thing

[@mj6962]

Beautiful. I love it! Thanks for posting.

[@mihaliscp2084]

AT 8:50 that is !!!NOT!!! mommy / it is just a common female sparrow!!!

[@fritzjagr5121]

Noticed that too. Sparrows look similar, but house finches have much more stripes on their breasts.

[@bimbic79]

Yeah I was going to say that’s a sparrow

[@CenGiz_]

LOL

[@earthstrong7855]

sparrows will pluck the babies of other birds and kill them

[@PrankWindow]

So nice video

[@birdfanboi]

That wasn’t Momma Finch @ 08:44 that was Momma Sparrow. But the bird feeding her chicks is definitely a Momma Finch

[@deeprecce9852]

Wow..great video!! Incredible that all 5 babies made it to adulthood, nature for a rare occasion wasnt that cruel!!!

[@Barbara-ht7lf]

I'm in the 'don't touch the birds' camp. It detracts from an otherwise very fine video.

[@panosanonymos9210]

Σ γω

[@kekkoomoshiroiyan]

WOW ! Thank you so much you are making this video ! I've had been and found 3 babies with nest at back my yard 4 days ago. Unfortunately, Wind was blowing so hard so our tree was broken and same time nest was falling down to the ground. So I don't know what to do and trying to watching in case parents are coming back that I was searching on Internet, but parents didn't coming back. So next day I'm calling to Living desert ( wild animal rescuing place )and took there and let them to taking care of these guys. Because they are seems like weaker ..............But Thank you again ! I was so fascinating if they are fine and I could watching their growing up processing. Now I know how to Parents are feeding and frying themselves finally !! This video was perfect for me and very good timing !!

[@Foobarred]

i just rescued 3 baby house finches the other day when we had 30 mph winds that lasted several hours. it jacked the nest up, so i had to tie down the 10' arborvitae bush to keep it from continuing to blow sideways. i had to re-position the nest twice & I had to put all 3 babies back in the nest... they look to be about 10 days old & just checked on them yesterday... all 3 babies doing fine & parents busy tending to them. looks like they still have 2-3 weeks left.

[@marigeobrien]

Lovely video. I'm so glad you set up a camera and left it. I just had a similar situation, with finches over my door, but didn't dare intrude for fear of disrupting them. Still, I could hear each time the babies were fed-- they made such a racket! LOL! But it was a beautiful sound. But they get big SO FAST-- just 8-9 days later, I happened to be out on the porch and looked up to see 6 finches, with the babies testing their wings, fluttering all over. I didn't dare move. Within the next day or so, they were all gone... now I just need to clean the nest.

[@Frum5]

I love the caption when you are describing the mother eating her children’s fecal matter. “Mother eats shit”

[@KM-px8cs]

I really hate seeing when there is always a chick that gets fed less.

[@charliedallachie3539]

K M it’s nature, the birds don’t know math and is feeding at random I think 😂

[@KM-px8cs]

@@charliedallachie3539 They're not feeding at random, they feed the chick that is stronger and more demanding.

[@charliedallachie3539]

K M how do you know?

[@KM-px8cs]

@@charliedallachie3539 Research it for yourself.

[@charliedallachie3539]

K M just did, there’s no clear evidence that this is the case. Birds have multiple clutches of chicks a season...there’s no way they can discern which is weaker etc...it’s really nature....some are weak and don’t survive...some are strong and then get eaten by other birds or predators etc....it makes more sense the feeding is randomly distributed or just random...there’s no thought in the bird other than feeding the chicks.

[@renehart317]

Love the video, thanks for giving us a window into their world. I have a pair of house finches feeding at my window right this minute. :)

[@kind2311]

I love House Finches. They sing my favorite birdsong. In the background of your video, around 0:16, I also hear a California Towhee's single, loud, metallic "chip", as well as the song of a White-Crowned Sparrow. Nice video!

[@vcastro0234]

"Eating Shit" "mommy cleaning up the nest by eating bb shit" IM CRYING 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dianamajka1060]

Thank you for the video I just had a birds nest in my porch on my light and there is one egg in there today so I was gong to take it down but when I saw the baby egg my heart wouldn’t let me so I am leaving it till they hatch and leave on their own

[@Birds_and_Pet_Lover]

Keep it Up !!!!!!!

[@mackenziedepaul2355]

Wouldn't it be strange if u said to ur mom... Hey I'm cold! Then she just sat on you... 😆

[@MichaelThompson-zj5db]

Lol wtf😆

[@thebigenormousspecialshow]

I actually started choking because I'm laughing so hard omfg😂

[@zeldablue]

This is not only very interesting but very well shot and edited! Thanks for putting this together and posting it.

[@jaelaj.9148]

That's how bad ass kids beg for food these days, they just stand there with their mouths open! Lol. I enjoyed the video.

[@HeavyProfessor]

that is what I do

[@MalcolmMunchies]

My friend that was not mom it was a house sparrow I can tell and there is a tiny baby who is always left out if she abandons try to help it, the dad is beautiful though marvellous creatures ❤️

[@vishalrana5303]

AWSM VEDIO ALOT OF HARD WORK

[@o.osuq-madiq2008]

i love this video. Thanks for filming and sharing this! P.s. should read up a bit more on house finches. You'd enjoy it!!! Thx again!!

[@Lianimals]

Great video but the footage of the "mommy looking for food" at about 8 1/2 min. in is actually a female house sparrow.

[@VietNamDoDay]

Thanks for great video

[@aaron71]

so I have to know... did the runt make it???

[@connierossi8555]

yes, did he/she live on?

[@ColonelCustard]

Was "the runt" the bird they had touched? Did the parents refused to feed it because it smelled foreign to them?

[@somacruz7759]

That whole "touch a baby bird and the parents will reject it because of your scent" thing is a myth. Many species of birds have a poor sense of smell.

[@flashlitestriker4028]

@@ColonelCustard Did you see Soma Cruz's answer to you question? I used to believe that myth, too, that if we touched baby birds their parents would disown it because of the human smell. Then I began to work some with bird rescuers/rehabbers, & found out that myth wasn't at all true! I've seen myself birds reunited with their Mommies & birdy families, AFTER I'd touched & cared for them, then brought them back to their birdy families, they take right back up where the'd left off, no problems whatsoever. Such a beautiful comfort to find out & know that birds DON'T "hold that kinda grudge" against us peoples!

[@alvaroakatico9188]

Cynthia Stryker You’re absolutely correct. I wonder how that myth started.

[@luchycareaga2048]

Este es mí secreto más oscuro me encanta ver cómo los alimentan a sus pichones , que para muchos sería como tonterías o algo asi, gracias por esos hermosos videos me encantan cuando es completo

[@Habawhwrba]

I in joyed the video I hope the runt ant the other two baby’s left made it out

[@cayantunc8302]

ne güzel bir sahne güzelim kuşlar hayatın güzelligi

[@Felatelist]

Ain't Nature wonderful? Too bad you didn't have the footage of the moment the finches took flight. Thx for sharing.

[@babysaho9576]

When you poke them and they raise up mouths agape, you make them use up/waste energy that should have been used for their growth and development. Please let them rest and use their precious little food energy to grow.

[@shankaradhikari8942]

good job ,thank you very much its a really nice.

[@brigittenguyen60]

Thanks for Your video

[@palastris9]

Many Thanks for the video.......ravishing..!

[@subratagoswami9651]

❤️ sparrow ♥️😘

[@sabrinafusco7758]

Bellissimo video!! Bravi!! Un rimprovero però...ma non ce la facevi proprio a non toccarli? A non disturbarli? Che oltrettutto stavano dormendo. Per il resto. Grazie per il bel video e l'amore per loro

[@JoseRamirez-en4pd]

Filming this was some commitment. Capturing the moment of actual flight would have been excellent but very difficult.

[@kathryncastanares525]

Normally i could care less of people touching the baby birds in their videos but did you have to poke it? Lol this was a very well made video with amazing sense of humor. It really added to the experience watching thanks for sharing!

[@olgatellomorrow5898]

MUST OF BIRDS ARE VERY GOOD PARENTS, AND WORK HARD IN TRYING TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN.

[@kind2311]

Great video! About a month ago, I had a house finch family start a nest and lay 4 eggs in it on my front porch here in San Diego. They were there for about 2 weeks and one day I came out and the nest had been pulled down and all the eggs were gone. My guess is one of the many red-shouldered hawks that hunt the area got to it. Hope he enjoyed his eggs! At the beginning of your video, around the 0:13 second mark, you can hear the loud *CHIP* of a California Towhee. They like to make that unpleasant, repetitive sound starting around 430am and continue until the sun comes up.

[@o.osuq-madiq2008]

Yeah those towhees can get annoying. A pair of towhees raised a brood of 3 earlier this spring... Imagine having that noisy bunch going off each morning in a bush right outside the window.

[@chazdesimone7306]

So now you know... When you tell someone to "Eat shit!" you're telling that person he's a clean, adoorable little bird.

[@TaikkusTacco]

When the mom was eating their "BB shit" lolol had a good laugh. This video is so well made watched it all. :D

[@rosiegirl4751]

Housekeeping!

[@user-pv2hc7co7n]

They don't eat it they take it in their beak and carry it from the nest

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

@@user-pv2hc7co7n they absolutely do eat it. Baby birds are really inefficient at digestion, so there are a lot of nutrients left in their poop. The parents aren’t going to let that go to waste, so they eat it.

[@kikosabi]

Its better to watch from a distance and not disturb the nest and baby birds. I know its tempting to touch the birds but I hope in the future you will stop poking/touching baby birds and leave them alone.

[@stephenspencer4545]

thank you that's a lovely video. I liked and subscribed

[@avarywood9308]

Birds rarely abandon their young if they catch even the faintest whiff of human on them, that is a myth that has been passed around for generations. Most even believe that if a bird has fallen out of its nest, you must then on take care of it because the mother will not. Just pick it up and place it back in the nest, the mother won't reject it. Most birds have a limited sense of smell, and mostly watch for visual dangers and not olfactory. Its still not entirely great to touch the young due to diseases, ect. But it isn't detrimental.

[@Ash_LynxTheAmericanboy]

Coffee Owl I wish I had knew this thing. I found a baby sparrow on the ground yesterday. I thought may be she fell from the nest but still her mother was feeding her. She wasn't grown enough to fly. It wasn't a safe place for the baby and as the mother was gone for too long ( She was flying away in search of food over and over again ) it left the baby in danger. So I just picked it up carefully and put it back in the nearest nest (backside of our house) baby instantly jumped in and I thought it must be her house ( I decided not to take it to my home because I didn't want human scent on it, I was afraid if she would be abandoned by her own mother) but OMG ...... I found her injured in the evening again on the ground. Her head, beak and neck were injured) I picked it up and took it to my home. She survived the whole night but next day while taking it to the bird doctor .. she couldn't make it 😭😣 that poor little tiny baby took so many attacks. GOD She kept fighting for her life, she wanted to live. I feel really guilty 🤦‍♂️and responsible for that... god forgive me. 🙏 PS- I wanted to share my story because I didn't know this fact otherwise I would have taken it with me to my home at the very first time. 😑 I WISH...I WISH I COULD SAVE IT!!!!

[@kind2311]

You're not convincing anyone with that solid logic and civil words. Don't you know all KZbin commenters are also students of Ornithology and therefore know what's best for all birbs?

[@تكرارالساعدي]

ط ببسش

[@nightlightabcd]

Good point, but I'm nit sure that birds have a reduced of smell, since the Turkey Vulture has the greatest sense of smell!

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

Birds can't smell anyway. The only birds with a sense of smell are carrion eating birds.

[@Lisa_Evers]

the males have such a beautiful variety of songs....and ugh...so heartbreaking how vulnerable those little babies appear to be!

[@djirtu9645]

علي👙👙👙🛀🛀👅👅🍆🍆🍑🍑💖👰👰😘💖💖💖💖

[@asianainternational3460]

Good video..nice patience..but was expecting the video till all flew...its an sudden end..

[@joshidp2]

I like birds watching in the early morning

[@samsen201]

Lovely. Did they come back the next year to make nest at the same location again?

[@adrianaurrea8559]

so cute que hermosa es la naturaleza...

[@lizbethvillanueva8859]

Muy hermoso, lo vi con mi gorrion que ya tiene un mes de vida y se emociono mucho, canto mucho y aleteo queriendo volar

[@Kubotahonda5]

So much enjoy to watch 🌲🦗🦅🐣 very nice video set up 👏🏽 , it would be so nice if you had set up camera that how they build their nest ? anyway Thank you 🙏🦜- from Tokyo Japan 🇯🇵

[@tisuper1959]

*Backyard Bird Watching: House Finch Nest 5 Weeks. Nhìn tụi nó dễ thương ghê*

[@haroun-uy2hy]

at 8:47 to 9:05 it 's not mum it a hen sparrow wich different from house finch

[@vaniz2012]

amazing video

[@chvjayadurgacharychirravur5727]

wonderful VEdios...

[@thebigenormousspecialshow]

Aw this is so sweet and cute!!

[@mastiffpeper]

good job..thank you

[@CorinneXoXoX]

loved this video!!! thank you sooo much for sharing!!! XoXoX

[@kellywilson9265]

Do they come back to the same nest site and reuse it

[@lalitshivani1]

Amazing loved it!!

[@antoniojoaquin999W]

Fantástico vídeo....Felicidades.

[@indykethdy5983]

why are you touching the babies?

[@DEZYCOM]

Why is he poking them.....

[@Habawhwrba]

The people touching then:it’s a soft pet The chicks: plow you hitting me ow ow OW

[@2286061]

TY FOR SHARING

[@ffashadow6485]

21:28 you can see baby birds tounge

[@tammyhoa9]

I don't like the voice and the way that guy touching, playing the baby birds. Kind of harassment.

[@Kittycatkit_yt]

Tammy Ngo why don’t you moan about it Tammy.

[@ramazantas2014]

good job brother...

[@MimiDallasGuzzardo]

love! I have some nestlings maybe 1 week young in NJ under our deck in front of the ocean....they are precious and many are there chirping. Ty for this! I thought all along they were sparrows which get nasty I hear and kill the nestlings :(

[@jodete987]

Well it looks like the house keeping around the nest it is not a problem

[@maravenu1512]

chi chi! nice video.one baby chick no get much food

[@TeaPips]

Great video! Well done (minus the petting).

[@MaxMax-fb5dv]

For someone who found a chick, what do they eat? Worms? Red wigglers dead or alive? What temperature need to be the artificial nest at? How many times a day they need to be fed? Thanks.

[@silviazheng2008]

I like it

[@robingorbet5806]

Thank You All So Much God Bless You , We Are Going To Be Having The Birds On The Porch Now Have 3 Eggs ,

[@subratagoswami9651]

❤️😘

[@kentsoriano6348]

Guy who FiLM this is Good.. Kanya Kanyang Trip Lang.. Wala pakielamanan.. damn it..

[@angiepacquiao9395]

Nice video!! :) cute and interesting. And yes, better not touch them but... he did and bird mama still feed them so not true that they abandon the nest if a human touch the babys

[@alongthebluff]

So will they come back and visit their parents? What happen to their parents after all their kids flew away?

[@rogerioabreulagoazul60bonito]

Vídeo muito agradável e bonito, tenho um casal de capodacos , são pássaros extraordinários

[@wavehopper1238]

so cute!