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Post by Beechnut on May 14, 2020 8:15:42 GMT
Pleased to hear you are improving healthwise Diane, even if it is slowly.
As with other things, I reckon us wrinklies will find it a completely different world if and when we manage to get out there!
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Post by Beechnut on May 14, 2020 10:05:00 GMT
It looks like Meg has laid another egg this morning, so there are now 3 (+ 1 addled, which I shall no longer count) in the cup. Hopefully she is behaving in a normal manner and laying 1 each morning (  ) and will reach a sensible clutch size. She is spending an awfully long time on the nest during the day, which is unusual, but it may be due to the colder temperatures of late and of course she probably does not have her brooding patch exposed!  |
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Post by hardy on May 14, 2020 10:26:17 GMT
Good luck with the second run Beechnut.
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Post by Beechnut on May 14, 2020 10:38:36 GMT
Thanks Brian, I wish that GTs would be a bit more up front displaying their eggs in the early morning instead of covering them while they are still on them. I have to wait until 9 or 10am to get a definite egg count!
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Post by petesbox on May 14, 2020 16:58:35 GMT
Perhaps you'll get a normal run of things this time Beechnut.
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Post by sammi on May 15, 2020 6:40:31 GMT
Just catching up on posts. Great to see Tim fly into the big outdoors. Back to back nests too
Lovely 👍
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Post by Beechnut on May 15, 2020 7:11:36 GMT
Four...
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Post by Beechnut on May 16, 2020 6:28:02 GMT
Looks like she's settled for four - none added this morning. At least that's twice the number laid in the first clutch and each on consecutive days this time! I'm happy with that.
Now for the w-a-i-t.
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Post by Taz on May 16, 2020 7:25:31 GMT
Looks like she's settled for four - none added this morning. At least that's twice the number laid in the first clutch and each on consecutive days this time! I'm happy with that. Now for the w-a-i-t. That's great Beechnut, enjoy the wait ☕☕ |
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Post by hfriel on May 16, 2020 7:57:16 GMT
Hope the parents will be able to cope with three times the amount of work this time !!!
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Post by suep on May 16, 2020 8:46:46 GMT
This is great for a second clutch Beechnut. So pleased for you. Have you seen Tim about at all?
Sue
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Post by Beechnut on May 17, 2020 7:22:34 GMT
Thanks Taz, Helen and Sue - I'm sure the two of them will cope with the extra workload, and as they already know where the mealies are, it can't be much easier! Yes Sue, although I haven't exactly seen the handover, I saw Mac and Tim in the Cherry tree a couple of days ago and then Mac went down to the feeder in the Plum tree and Tim followed shortly after. I see Mac quite often getting mealies and taking them over to the bushes at the bottom of the garden(s) to the right of us, and the rate the mealies go down, the three of them are getting a good share, as it is only my birds that are allowed to use that particular feeder.  I got a pleasant surprise this morning when I switched on the DVR -  Yesterday's miss must have been a hiccup! |
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Post by Taz on May 17, 2020 7:26:24 GMT
Wow, that's great to see. Is this the same GT that raised tiny Tim?
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Post by Beechnut on May 17, 2020 7:36:00 GMT
Yes it is Taz - They've obviously got something right this time round.
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Post by sammi on May 17, 2020 7:51:08 GMT
Great to see all those eggs👍. I'm looking forward to the hatching. Maybe one year the great tits will use my boxes.🙄
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Post by WildlifePaul on May 17, 2020 9:51:33 GMT
Brilliant Beechnut,
Clearly making up for her small first brood.
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Post by greatbluehopeful on May 17, 2020 10:09:43 GMT
Brilliant!!! 1st time must have been just a rehearsal for main show... ;-)
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Post by Amanda on May 20, 2020 6:26:56 GMT
WoW.....catching up on the posts. That’s great news  |
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Post by Taz on May 20, 2020 7:32:43 GMT
Any more eggs Beechnut? 🐣
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Post by Beechnut on May 20, 2020 18:23:38 GMT
No Taz, she's been sitting on 6-1 for 4 days.
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Post by Taz on May 20, 2020 18:59:30 GMT
That's a decent second brood though  |
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Post by Beechnut on May 21, 2020 7:20:35 GMT
Yes Taz I'm happy enough with that - just hope that all 5 hatch and fledge. |
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Post by hardy on May 21, 2020 11:00:12 GMT
A late starter. Hope all goes well for her.
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Post by Beechnut on May 22, 2020 11:08:31 GMT
While there's very little of interest happening in the nestbox during this couple of weeks of incubation, I have been whiling the time away seeing what geometrical arrangement the six eggs are left in when Meg leaves the nest for a comfort break. A bit nerdy perhaps - but it is rather intriguing - maybe there is a reason?   |
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Post by suep on May 22, 2020 14:54:42 GMT
What a great second brood Beechnut  . Yes always fascinates me seeing the photos of egg ‘patterns’, it’s a bit like a kaleidoscope , but I guess they just keep moving them around to make sure they are all brooded uniformly. Sue |
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. Yes always fascinates me seeing the photos of egg ‘patterns’, it’s a bit like a kaleidoscope , but I guess they just keep moving them around to make sure they are all brooded uniformly.