Bluetit Diary    Jun 2003 (28)

 

 

Monday 9th June (part 4)

Scrap has never lacked for courage and less than a minute later he makes it too.

"Come on Scrap - it's quite easy really!    Just hop up on to the hole...

(Scrap sits in the hole for a long time, sometimes flapping his wings, sometimes looking behind him back into the nest.  At last we get a glimpse of his tail disappearing and the pattern of light in the box changes telling us that the last chick has flown the nest.)

... and fly!!"

Nearly an hour later, Fred had a 'senior moment'.  He came into the box with some food - looked confused for a moment - and left.

"Stop messing about - come and take this mealworm!"