Bluetit Diary    May 2011 (5)

 

 

Wednesday 4th May, 2011 (cont)

This time Will is standing on Zoe to pass the food to her.  She doesn't seem to mind though!

The same shot from the side.

I've never before seen this position adopted when a male passes food to a female!

Another egg must have hatched and before disposing of the shell, Zoe is eating the remaining membrane still attached to the egg shell.

I'm sure it's very nutritious!

Then she picks up the shell and removes it from the nest box.

Now Zoe has three chicks hatched out.

Finally, a couple of photos from the side camera.

Will is back with more food for the chicks which he passes to Zoe ...

... who feeds it to the chicks, while Will watches what she is doing.

He appears very interested in what is going on.  Is this how the male learns how to feed his chicks?