Post by pete11 on May 11, 2022 21:32:09 GMT
A few pics and a couple of clips from today.
Early this morning there was a fairly concerted effort by mum to remove the last dead chick, around 7am. She managed it eventually, so now the nest is at least a bit cleaner
Checking the Green Feather app across the day on my phone while out at work, it was hard to determine how the last 3 survivors were doing.
I'd sort of assumed the worst, but, checking today's footage more closely, these last 3 do actually seem to be clinging on somehow.
In fact, at times they look as if they might actually be doing ok: there's clearly a fair bit of preening going on at times, and they're developing real signs of feathers and a definite stripe on each wing.
Mum does keep trying them with suet, but it now looks almost as if they're not interested. They seem to perk up much more when green caterpillar is offered. Thankfully it looked today as if mum (mostly) and dad (occasionally) managed to find enough to service the basic need.
All 3 are delivering up some humungous poops, so they must be digesting something significant. But sometimes it almost looks as if the suet's bunging them up!
I'd be very interested to know what people think about how these 3 chicks are looking - whether anyone with more experience of what they're supposed to look like at 10 days old? And whether you think they look listless and sleepy, or ok?
Two clips, one from this morning and one from late afternoon:
And some pics:
Early this morning there was a fairly concerted effort by mum to remove the last dead chick, around 7am. She managed it eventually, so now the nest is at least a bit cleaner
Checking the Green Feather app across the day on my phone while out at work, it was hard to determine how the last 3 survivors were doing.
I'd sort of assumed the worst, but, checking today's footage more closely, these last 3 do actually seem to be clinging on somehow.
In fact, at times they look as if they might actually be doing ok: there's clearly a fair bit of preening going on at times, and they're developing real signs of feathers and a definite stripe on each wing.
Mum does keep trying them with suet, but it now looks almost as if they're not interested. They seem to perk up much more when green caterpillar is offered. Thankfully it looked today as if mum (mostly) and dad (occasionally) managed to find enough to service the basic need.
All 3 are delivering up some humungous poops, so they must be digesting something significant. But sometimes it almost looks as if the suet's bunging them up!
I'd be very interested to know what people think about how these 3 chicks are looking - whether anyone with more experience of what they're supposed to look like at 10 days old? And whether you think they look listless and sleepy, or ok?
Two clips, one from this morning and one from late afternoon:
And some pics: