Saturday, 14 May 2011

Encouraging signs ; Another update






Things went a bit quiet on the Blue Tit front for a while and I began to get worried, but earlier this week I noticed the pair making very frequent visits to the nest box and these visits were made with little caterpillars in their beaks!

The pair are gradually becoming slightly scruffy, to say the least, but are doing a great job in feeding their young. I have no idea of the numbers of chicks and so I will have to wait for at least a week and a half before there may be signs of fledging. Blue Tit young leave the nest when they are between 16 and 22 days old.
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12 comments:

  1. The Blogger Formerly Known As14 May 2011 at 22:37

    I love blue tits! We have one visiting our garden. Like yours its rather scruffy, but extremely hard working. Its been flitting between our bird-feeder and its nest constantly for the past few days.

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  2. Susan Scheid (Raining Acorns)15 May 2011 at 00:10

    Yes! I know this feeling of anxious observation of nests. Our way, it seems the bluebirds really do have an active nest, but I'm not so sure about the tree swallows. The sparrows have been hanging around too close for comfort. Go, Bluetits!

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  3. Britta15 May 2011 at 06:21

    Dear John,
    lovely! And I think we would look a bit "scruffy" too when we had to transport buckets full of worms and aphids every day to our dear little ones :-)

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  4. Bazza15 May 2011 at 09:48

    I like the punk hairstyles!
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  5. ShySongbird15 May 2011 at 14:11

    Great captures John. The poor things do get so scruffy as the year goes on but my goodness, they work hard!

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  6. John15 May 2011 at 19:29

    Hi Mask,
    You may hear the flutter of tiny feathers soon then. Hopefully your Sparrowhawk will find other things to eat rather than Blue Tits!
    J

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  7. John15 May 2011 at 19:31

    Hi Raining Acorns,
    It never ceases to amaze me how `worked` up I get over these wild creatures! They have no feelings towards me, but I do feel really protective! Daft eh?
    J

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  8. John15 May 2011 at 19:33

    Hi Britta,
    I know, I can`t imagine how worn out they must feel, but their job to carry on the species outways anything else to them at the moment!
    J

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  9. John15 May 2011 at 19:33

    Hi bazza,
    You have a thing about `hairstyles` on birds, I wonder why that is?! ;)
    J

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  10. John15 May 2011 at 19:35

    Hi ShySongbird,
    Yes, it is no wonder that we don`t see the birds in June/July, when all they do is hide and moult!
    J

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  11. holdingmoments23 May 2011 at 04:30

    I hope you manage to see it all happen John.

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  12. John23 May 2011 at 21:45

    Hi Keith,
    Yes, I hope so too, but it will probably all happen when I am at work!
    J

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