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Thu 17 May The four birds left the box between 8.45am and late afternoon. Unfortunately, the computer was not running when they departed! |
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Tue 15 May More video from the Bird Box! Slightly higher quality this time. One of the birds is seen spreading it's wings, but I don't think they will leave the box just yet. |
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Mon 14 May Morning feeding session with a large mealworm on offer! Only four chicks have survived. Right click on link & save video file to computer. |
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Sat 12 May A mealworm is on offer once again. |
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Fri 11 May Early evening feeding session - looks (and sounds) like choir practice! There are only six chicks now, two vanished earlier in the week. A cat was shooed out of the garden in the middle of the night, but we are not sure how a cat could have got a paw in & held on at the same time..... |
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A view in through the hole. The young birds seem quite contented. Just so long as I leave them some mealworms! | ||||
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Thu 10 May One of many feeding sessions. |
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Tue 8 May The chicks' eyes are now open - we appear to now have 8 chicks - down 1. |
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Sun 6 May One of the chicks receives a whole mealworm from the feeder. |
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A view of the chicks through the hole. One of them (top right) has been
testing it's wings! Whilst taking this picture and refilling the mealworm feeder..... |
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.....one of the parents (left) arrived on a nearby branch, chirping
merrily. I'm sure they now realise where the mealworms are coming from, ie, they haven't just fallen out of the sky! |
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Sat 5 May There appear to be nine chicks from the 11 eggs. |
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Fri 4 May Making sure a chick has a grasp of the food on offer! The oldest chicks hatched last Saturday & are developing well. |
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Thu 3 May A view through the birdbox hole. |
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One of the birds on the way out of the birdbox takes a mealworm from the 'under your beak' feeder! The worm will now be taken to a nearby tree where the bird will usually consume part of the worm, bringing back the remainder for the chicks. | ||||
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The birdbox light has been switched off in advance of dusk, however the birds are still hard at work gathering food. | ||||
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Wed 2 May The oldest chicks are only four days old but are developing quickly. |
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Tue 1 May Feeding the chicks at a frenetic pace! The birds missed the mealworms available on a nearby bird table, so a container was fixed to their perch. In the last picture, the mother bird reaches out of the hole to collect a worm & drops back inside with it. |
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Mon 30 April Feeding sessions - the chicks are almost visible from the side camera. |
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Sun 29 April Both parents have been hard at work feeding what appear to be about 8 chicks. The mother bird seems very contented in the second picture. |
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Sat 28 April Three chicks hatched overnight. |
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