Post by pete11 on May 16, 2022 22:32:27 GMT
Mum back on the nest tonight. 
The 3 chicks are really starting to look like proper little birds now, with lots of feathers.
A few times now one's been hopping up out of the nest cup and over the edge.
They're also starting to 'cheep-cheep' to each other a bit, especially when settling down after a feed. Very cute.
At one point early today, mum decided to cover them in moss! I think she must've figured they were getting chilly - or maybe she got freaked out by the sudden noise of power tools coming from a neighbouring garden?
Very odd:
And here's a general longish clip including some standing-on-edge-of-nest-cup, cheep-cheeping (faintly), and feeding:
The 3 chicks are really starting to look like proper little birds now, with lots of feathers.
A few times now one's been hopping up out of the nest cup and over the edge.
They're also starting to 'cheep-cheep' to each other a bit, especially when settling down after a feed. Very cute.
At one point early today, mum decided to cover them in moss! I think she must've figured they were getting chilly - or maybe she got freaked out by the sudden noise of power tools coming from a neighbouring garden?
Very odd:
And here's a general longish clip including some standing-on-edge-of-nest-cup, cheep-cheeping (faintly), and feeding: