Post by Beechnut on Jun 12, 2019 14:45:25 GMT
The final chick was left alone in the box just after 5am when 2p departed.
She returned several times with mealies, each time giving him a good talking to - seemingly to no avail as he kept flying around, up an down, landing on the nest hole but never adopting the right attitude to get himself through.
In the end, I could stand it no longer and at just after 6-15 am, I removed the box front and he was gone!
He landed on the fencing behind the rose bush and conifers, sitting on top of a fence post, no doubt calling to Tuppence and/or Tommy, as after a few minutes the two of them appeared each carrying a mealie in their beaks. By this time the chick had taken cover in the conifers.
After a bit of searching, I assume they found him and duly escorted him to the hiding place of his siblings, as they weren't seen searching or calling some minutes later.
She returned several times with mealies, each time giving him a good talking to - seemingly to no avail as he kept flying around, up an down, landing on the nest hole but never adopting the right attitude to get himself through.
In the end, I could stand it no longer and at just after 6-15 am, I removed the box front and he was gone!
He landed on the fencing behind the rose bush and conifers, sitting on top of a fence post, no doubt calling to Tuppence and/or Tommy, as after a few minutes the two of them appeared each carrying a mealie in their beaks. By this time the chick had taken cover in the conifers.
After a bit of searching, I assume they found him and duly escorted him to the hiding place of his siblings, as they weren't seen searching or calling some minutes later.