We have a bird box cam at work. This is the fourth year since we installed it and we've been lucky enough to have a nesting pair of Blue Tits every year. The latest brood have just hatched out, and we have 9 babies in there. They hatched on Thursday and were very pink and bald. They are just beginning to be not quite so bald. Blue Tit parents are very good - they constantly feed the babies until they fledge. You can't really see much in this photo, except that you can just make out Mummy on the nest....
That's her towards the bottom of the screen, her head at the bottom and her body (keeping her babies warm) - is the other round shape you can see. I've also finally figured out the difference between the male and the female (apart from it's always HER that sits on the nest); the patch on the top of their head is different - his is a bright blue whereas hers is darker. With this pair she also looks 'tattier' than he does! Poor Momma is looking a bit harassed.... They'll be gone before we know it though - I think about a fortnight before they fledge! That's still an awful lot of caterpillars!
And finally for this time thought I'd post the final photo of the hedgerow....
Houses that we can see all winter finally gorn!!! Now it's just the next door neighbours who can see into our garden... :-( To be fair - one side is OK and I'm working on the other side! LOL.
Back soon. xxx
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