The blue tit chicks all fledged today. By the time the recorder came on (about 6:30 I think) one had already gone. It was well over two hours later by the time the last one left the nest box, with big gaps between each one. Which doesn’t really make for a nice snappy video clip [...]
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There are seven chicks and they’re looking very different in this film to the last one. Their eyes are open, they’re stretching their wings, competing for space and food, being fed very frequently. Oh yes, and pooing frequently too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWj0h263j6o
The chicks hatch
Posted in NestCam on May 5th, 2010
Turning the telly on this morning we saw a single chick in the nest. By the time I got home from work there were five. Or at least I think there were. They’re kind of difficult to count—but there were still three eggs of the eight left unhatched.
It’s later than we’ve had before, by a [...]
Time to go
Posted in NestCam on May 19th, 2009
The blue tit chicks all fledged at around 7.00am this morning, 20 days after hatching. That’s a day longer in the nest than last year, but still four days earlier as the eggs hatched 5 days earlier than in 2008.
A good few of them seemed rather reticent to go, but they all got the hang [...]
Toilet humour
Posted in NestCam on May 19th, 2009
Before we move on to the main news of the day here, for the delight and delectation of our nephews, is some poo…
https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/20090516.flv
(recorded on 16 May 2009)
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