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Post by starling78 on May 4, 2022 18:09:58 GMT
9 chicks still going strong here on day 5, just had a heavy downpour so not much feeding going on, I have mini mealworms and waxworms in a feeder but the parents have so far not taken any, the starlings however!  I had made it so that it was starling proof or so I thought! but never mind they have mouths to feed too  had a great tit visitor to my blue tit box yesterday much to the annoyance of mum blue tit at the time, luckily the hole size is too small for the great tit to enter. I also have a freshly built robin nest but it's a bit early to start reporting on that one so we shall wait and see but it's exciting stuff!  drive.google.com/file/d/1v-OSofvoavmBSj3vw23jMP_U6ed511mb/view?usp=sharing |
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Post by pete11 on May 4, 2022 21:18:46 GMT
I've had a GT land on the entrance of my box a couple of times in the last few days and mummy BT goes into full-on defence mode - thankfully it works without too much effort!
Lovely to hear about your robin nest! Keep us posted!
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Post by starling78 on May 7, 2022 9:02:22 GMT
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Post by starling78 on May 11, 2022 9:16:08 GMT
As of this morning it looks like we have 8 chicks of the original 9 still with us but one is very small so we may be down to 7 soon, both parents still working incredibly hard, the largest chick is doing some wing flapping as I type!  |
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Post by pete11 on May 11, 2022 16:58:57 GMT
Lovely to see them doing so well!
How many days old are they now?
I'm curious as they look more feathery than my last three survivors - I'm getting doubtful about how they're developing so would be good to compare.
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Post by starling78 on May 11, 2022 17:44:12 GMT
Lovely to see them doing so well! How many days old are they now? I'm curious as they look more feathery than my last three survivors - I'm getting doubtful about how they're developing so would be good to compare. Thanks pete, they are 11 days old now so should be another 10 days or so before they fledge. |
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Post by pete11 on May 11, 2022 20:45:03 GMT
Lovely to see them doing so well! How many days old are they now? I'm curious as they look more feathery than my last three survivors - I'm getting doubtful about how they're developing so would be good to compare. Thanks pete, they are 11 days old now so should be another 10 days or so before they fledge. Mine are 10 days I think. So pretty much the same. Having checked today's footage more closely, I think mine look quite similar to yours, so I'm quite heartened by that! I'll be posting some pics/clips in my thread in a while, so feel free to compare and let me know what you think. |
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Post by starling78 on May 13, 2022 19:56:51 GMT
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Post by Taz on May 14, 2022 7:44:55 GMT
Sorry to hear this, those 6 look really well though 🤞🤞
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Post by pete11 on May 14, 2022 12:36:19 GMT
Lovely to see those 6 doing well.
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Post by starling78 on May 16, 2022 11:24:44 GMT
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Post by starling78 on May 18, 2022 13:50:43 GMT
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Post by Taz on May 18, 2022 16:24:08 GMT
Looking good though, hopefully they'll fledge soon and become even stronger 🤞
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Post by starling78 on May 20, 2022 18:57:02 GMT
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Post by Taz on May 20, 2022 20:29:18 GMT
Lovely, same as mine I think. Look forward to seeing your updates, great video
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Post by starling78 on May 21, 2022 17:49:32 GMT
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Post by Taz on May 21, 2022 21:29:31 GMT
Lovely, great news, fingers crossed you get to see the last one go
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Post by starling78 on May 22, 2022 8:13:12 GMT
I have an empty nest box this morning strange thing was I checked the camera last night and there was two in there unless one came back or it was just at the nest hole so I didn't see it  it is eerily quiet here now haven't seen or heard any blue tits this morning, I'm thinking the parents have taken them further afield as the pesky magpie is still about  fingers crossed I see them in the coming days when they have more strength. |
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Post by pete11 on May 22, 2022 19:35:09 GMT
mine’s empty too this evening!
Not sure what I’ll do with my time now, with no video footage to review!
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I had made it so that it was starling proof or so I thought! but never mind they have mouths to feed too 
had a great tit visitor to my blue tit box yesterday much to the annoyance of mum blue tit at the time, luckily the hole size is too small for the great tit to enter. I also have a freshly built robin nest but it's a bit early to start reporting on that one so we shall wait and see but it's exciting stuff!
Down to 6 chicks from the original 9 fingers crossed they all make it to fledging 
fingers crossed all goes well!
it is eerily quiet here now haven't seen or heard any blue tits this morning, I'm thinking the parents have taken them further afield as the pesky magpie is still about 
fingers crossed I see them in the coming days when they have more strength.