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Post by suep on May 22, 2022 21:27:40 GMT
Looks as though tomorrow could bring an empty nest then Taz. 😢  Fantastic success with them. So pleased for you and hope you get to see them go. So going to miss all these nests. Sue |
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Post by suep on May 22, 2022 21:20:50 GMT
Congrats on a successful fledge Pete, just sad we won’t see any more fantastic pics - we’ll roll on next year I say. Good luck to the little ones, hope they stay safe.
Sue
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Post by pete11 on May 22, 2022 21:11:33 GMT
Congrats on your first season Pete! Thanks Matt - here’s to many more! |
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Post by matt on May 22, 2022 20:58:40 GMT
All nine of mine are still doing very well Ann, and the livestream is up (daylight only) so give the link a couple of posts above a click if you want to see them. They'll be two weeks old tomorrow. An average season for me I guess - one nest. I came very close to a few more (sparrow/starling/robin) but not this year! (the robin even built a full nest before deciding against it..)
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Post by matt on May 22, 2022 20:57:04 GMT
Congrats on your first season Pete!
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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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Post by pete11 on May 22, 2022 19:32:32 GMT
I’ve been at work all day, but weirdly the first time I thought of the chicks and wondered how they were doing was 3.30pm this afternoon…
So I looked at the Green Feathers app, and lo and behold the largest two had literally fledged 10mins before…basically at the very moment I’d suddenly thought of them!
The smaller third one remained in the nest and was clearly being fed by parents - but it too fledged around 6.30pm this evening.
So that’s it - the nest is empty!
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Post by Taz on May 22, 2022 10:06:41 GMT
Brilliant video Taz. Very ready to go for the majority, but maybe parents are waiting for the smaller one tucked under the rest to catch up a bit! (Or maybe is it just the camera angle that makes it look smaller) You never know what the parents are thinking. Hopefully they will all fledge safely - fantastic number. Sue Thanks Sue, there are 2 smaller chicks, 1 is tiny compared to the others. 4 have fledged so far this morning, even the tiny one has been up to the hole. The 5th one has tried a few times to fledge, most of it's body outside, then it changes it's mind  |
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Post by Taz on May 22, 2022 9:55:12 GMT
Always puzzles me Pete why Blue tits seem to fledge so young with flight and tail feathers still under developed, many times I see them exposed on the ground to various predators. My experience with past Great Tit broods seem to be suggest they wait a couple of days longer and look to have stronger flight ability when they leave. Then the Starlings camera boxes in the past show them are almost fully grown when they leave and they fly very well. Great pics and video by the way! My three are still tucked up in the nest cup tonight. So I guess it could be tomorrow or Monday when they finally exit the hole. Lots of forays around the box this afternoon, and general restlessness. Any fledging yet?  |
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Post by suep on May 22, 2022 8:25:25 GMT
Brilliant video Taz. Very ready to go for the majority, but maybe parents are waiting for the smaller one tucked under the rest to catch up a bit! (Or maybe is it just the camera angle that makes it look smaller) You never know what the parents are thinking. Hopefully they will all fledge safely - fantastic number.
Sue
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Post by suep on May 22, 2022 8:18:25 GMT
They are looking so good Pete. Your pics and videos are of such good quality, I shall be sad when there are no more updates.  . Sue |
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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 starling78 on May 22, 2022 8:08:28 GMT
Excellent news Linda! wishing them the best of luck |
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Post by springtime 66 on May 22, 2022 6:23:51 GMT
Hi Matt
How’s things in your camp have you had a quiet season
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Post by springtime 66 on May 22, 2022 5:58:34 GMT
Sounds like heaven, I absolutely love the great outdoors.
We have beautiful countryside here and on our doorstep with have amazing walks in the wetlands and meadows
Stanwick lakes has a 10,000 years history I am a volunteer at the historic garden there which I so enjoy
Another place of interest by us is Chester house farm also has a 10,000 year history
We are blessed 😊
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Post by pete11 on May 21, 2022 21:58:20 GMT
Always puzzles me Pete why Blue tits seem to fledge so young with flight and tail feathers still under developed, many times I see them exposed on the ground to various predators. My experience with past Great Tit broods seem to be suggest they wait a couple of days longer and look to have stronger flight ability when they leave. Then the Starlings camera boxes in the past show them are almost fully grown when they leave and they fly very well. Great pics and video by the way! My three are still tucked up in the nest cup tonight. So I guess it could be tomorrow or Monday when they finally exit the hole. Lots of forays around the box this afternoon, and general restlessness. |
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Post by Taz on May 21, 2022 21:32:53 GMT
Well, it's obviously far too cosy in that box. They're fast asleep now. I did manage to see a couple at the hole when they were peeping into the big wide world.
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Post by suep on May 21, 2022 21:31:06 GMT
So pleased to hear this Linda, such great news for the two little chicks - sorry you didn’t get to see it though .
Sue
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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 Taz on May 21, 2022 21:27:06 GMT
Yay good luck to your little 'uns
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Post by suep on May 21, 2022 21:22:15 GMT
Fantastic Sue!!!! Your photos are spectacular and really brightened our evening!!!! Thanks Benn but I didn’t actually take these, my family did. They did do well though  Sue |
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Post by Taz on May 21, 2022 21:21:00 GMT
Lovely Lovely story and definitely worthy of this forum. Love the photos too
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Post by suep on May 21, 2022 21:20:40 GMT
Hi Sue Fantastic photos, Your daughters family are in the bird club now, I can hear them saying roll on for next spring  Now they will understand all about your interest and the lack of no nest to follow. How a lovely holiday Sue 🌞🌞😎 I can hear them too Ann, I bet they wouldn’t give me my bird box back now  Sue |
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Post by benn on May 21, 2022 21:11:35 GMT
Fantastic Sue!!!! Your photos are spectacular and really brightened our evening!!!!
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Post by benn on May 21, 2022 21:08:49 GMT
Hi Ann, we live in a small village called Water in Rossendale. It has a long and interesting 400 year history. It is up on the moors in Rossendale. Just over the top of the moor to the north is Burnley just a few miles away, down the hill and in another valley. We are quite high up here but thankfully there has been many tree plantings on he hill side this last 30 years so there are young woods on the hills now as it used to be 700 years ago! I hate barren sheep eaten moorland but some folk think its natural which it never was!
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Fantastic success with them. So pleased for you and hope you get to see them go. So going to miss all these nests.
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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.
