Bluetit Diary    May 2016 (21)

 

 

Thursday 26th May, 2016

It's nice to know that there are still 8 active chicks in Box2.

Both mums are here with their chicks.  I wonder if the 8 surviving chicks are from one parent?

You can see some of them are developing wing feathers.

It's not often that all three parents are in the box at the same time.
Hugh is on the left, Bess is at the top and Spikey at the bottom of the picture.  The chicks look totally uninterested!

If you click on this image, you will get a full sized version.

Eight chicks and five eggs.

This looks like Bess at the bottom and Hugh at the top feeding the chicks.
Note the five eggs again.

It's nearing night time.

Well, perhaps not quite yet!

Again, all three parents are in the box at the same time.  This time the chicks seem deliriously happy to see them.  Perhaps they have not yet been fed?

And again, a minute and a half later.  It must be the mealworms that Elizabeth has just put out!