Day 16 — Regular male feeding visits throughout; 4 chicks confirmed in single frame

Female on the nest at 02:00, continuous overnight. At 06:17 she departs; the cup is empty at 07:08. At 07:32 she is on the shelf beside the nest, facing the cup. A male enters the cup briefly at 07:48 with no chicks visible in that clip. She is back brooding by 08:20.

At 08:37 one chick is visible in the cup alongside the male. By 09:55 multiple chicks are visible with at least one gaping. The female holds the cup nearly without break through mid-morning. A relief event at 11:38 briefly exposes the cup; the 11:39 and 11:45 clips show several pinkish chicks unattended, some gaping. The male makes multiple feeding visits through the late morning — 10:32, 11:05–11:06, 12:33–12:35 — each time with chick gapes visible. At 13:15–13:16 both adults are at the nest simultaneously, with chick gapes visible between them. An empty-nest clip at 13:42 shows 3 chicks.

Feeding activity continues at a similar pace through the afternoon. The male is at the cup at 14:16–14:17 with chicks gaping. At 15:00:37, after both adults leave the cup, 4 pinkish chicks with open mouths are clearly visible — the highest confirmed count in today’s footage. The male makes additional visits at 16:27–16:29, 17:25–17:26, 18:55, and 19:48, chick gapes visible each time. Female broods between and after visits.

Evening is quiet; female visible at 22:21. Tapo cam is essentially dark from ~20:30 onward.

The fifth chick has not been confirmed visible in today’s clips.

Pipeline: No infrastructure changes this day.

Day’s metrics.

• Clips: 281
• Sunrise / sunset: 06:02 / 20:07 PT
• On-cup share: 84.9%
• Dad visits: 14
• Brooding clips: 189
• Feeding clips: 40
• Chick gapes: 37
• Max chicks visible: 4