Good morning everyone. As you have seen, Joy has had three nice meals this morning. I'll just post a pic of the most recent .. pic

I saw that! Yum!

08:16edt food for Joy; she inhaled that, hehe...

Another fish at 8;15 gobbled it down.

Isn't Joy beautiful . . .almost?

:<)

Looking for crumbs.

No waste allowed here! :)

LOL... :<)

Breakfast 7:38am

FISH feed 7:19am - about 3-4 were dropped in front of her

I bet those were inhaled! ;D

oh thank heavens !! Thank you !

We'll sing in the sunshine
We'll laugh every day
We'll sing in the sunshine
And then be on our way

I read there are an est 5,000 paired puffins in the North Atlantic
Joy will be in good company
gonna miss this one!

Me, too!

I don't believe she had any mommy time last night either ...

Finn &/or Pheobs are outside the burrow most of the time because the cute other birds could harm our little Joy...

What are the puffin predators? What preys on Puffins?

Predators of the Atlantic puffin include people; gulls and skuas including the Great Black-backed Gull, the Great Skua, the Herring Gull amongst others; rats; cats; dogs; and foxes. Puffins are also vulnerable to pollution, fishing nets, declining fish populations, and global warming.

Thx. to 'Puffinpaloosa.com

Really? Well that makes me feel a bit better

I think this is the beginning of her fledging......

I think you're right FlyingFinn .... ugh

BTW, Irishgal, what is your beautiful equine friend's name? :)

aahhh yes, his name is Bailey. I was doing equine yoga with him.

Equine yoga? I'll have to look that one up. One of my friends is a horsewoman :) I just did! How beautiful is that?! What a wonderful and unique connection with an animal. Just beautiful :)

GM all, where did the tiny branches come from, now Joy is re-decorating; she is interrupting her preening, hehe... :<)

Good Morning All - a question for today's chat: how long will it be before Joy gets her full adult coloration? Thanks!

She is waiting for food, I wonder if she will be fed this a.m.

i wonder what all this preening means?

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There are mites & other little things besides the itch to get the fluff-ball look off... :<)

Thanks lina!

Do you think she knows something we don't want to know? This weekend, maybe?

Maybe?

Yeah, I do.

I think so :( She's getting ready....

I picked the 10th at 4 am, but we may not have that long. On the plus side, I think Phoebe & Finn have outdone themselves once again. They should be very proud.

We have come to know four exceptional feathered parents...how lucky are we?

We are very blessed.

I picked the weekend as you may remember.... but who knows....she has her own itinerary ready for the adventure that awaits her :)

She fine-tuning that itinerary as we speak.

Indeed :))

Finally settled... i think!

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Joy is preening preening preening! If you don't look for awhile, you come back and it looks like a different bird- most of the fuzz is gone!

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4:26 am ... she must be hungry ...

When is she not???

When I looked in about 20 min ago Joy was snoozing away. She suddenly awoke and has been grooming like crazy since.

She is still going an hour later, Susan!!

Is there some reason they couldn't put a camera in another burrow after the Joy is gone? Keenan was talking about eggs not even hatched in his last "chat" so wouldn't it be fun to watch another baby for awhile? Is this horribly heretic and disloyal to Phoeb and Finnnie? I HOPE to be there for the live discussion tomorrow -- but if not, anyone want to ask this? (They SEEM to move the camera in and out and around with ease, butI'm sure there's a good reason why a new cam isn't set up, other than disrespect.)

Maybe post your question in the comments after the blog, in case you are not there?

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Does anyone know when her last feeding was?

The last one I saw posted was at 2:21 PM ET. I haven't seen the parents tonight. When I watched Pal and Hope grow up in previous years, it seemed the feedings became less frequent and tapered off as they got closer to their fledge dates. Hopefully someone (puffan, puffin123 etc.) will have other information to add.

This is Pal from last year near fledge date.