Post by suep on May 11, 2020 8:51:37 GMT
Thanks Paul, Kathy and Helen, firstly, I must explain I cannot take credit for the video, my son filmed the fledging for me and sent it to me, I just cut out a little bit to show on here for fun as it made me smile. The photos however I did take with my camera. Yes used a zoom lens Helen as had to maintain social distancing 
. Seriously, my son just wanted me to make sure chick was ok after it’s ‘fall’ and because he thought he could see a ‘growth’ on its leg. I was only in his garden for less than 10 minutes. Found the chick, took couple of photos and left quickly. Studying the photos at home I convinced my son the ‘growth’ was nothing more than a sticky petal or leaf of some sort. Must admit I was thrilled to be called to his house to see the chick for myself (gave me my birdie ‘hit’ that I craved) and to reassure my son all was ok. Very sensibly he had opened gate for me and stayed inside allowing me to break no rules - and as he only lives a few minutes walk was ideal. My daughter on the other hand who has very noisy (according to her) blue tit chicks, has changed from a “don’t know what all the fuss is about - birds are boring” type of person, to “Mum, how do I know if they are ok?”, “Mum, the box has tilted in the wind what should I do?”, her lawn has been left untouched and fence painting came to a halt as “may disturb ‘my’ babies” . Funny how they have changed their tune when they see these things in there own garden 
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Sue
. Seriously, my son just wanted me to make sure chick was ok after it’s ‘fall’ and because he thought he could see a ‘growth’ on its leg. I was only in his garden for less than 10 minutes. Found the chick, took couple of photos and left quickly. Studying the photos at home I convinced my son the ‘growth’ was nothing more than a sticky petal or leaf of some sort. Must admit I was thrilled to be called to his house to see the chick for myself (gave me my birdie ‘hit’ that I craved) and to reassure my son all was ok. Very sensibly he had opened gate for me and stayed inside allowing me to break no rules - and as he only lives a few minutes walk was ideal. My daughter on the other hand who has very noisy (according to her) blue tit chicks, has changed from a “don’t know what all the fuss is about - birds are boring” type of person, to “Mum, how do I know if they are ok?”, “Mum, the box has tilted in the wind what should I do?”, her lawn has been left untouched and fence painting came to a halt as “may disturb ‘my’ babies” . Funny how they have changed their tune when they see these things in there own garden 
. Sue