Wednesday 6th, and the Robin that we recently found nesting at the bottom of the garden, has revealed 4 chicks to us (see photo above)! At the moment the chicks are still too underdeveloped to fledge which leads us to suspect that they only hatched maybe two or three days ago. The adult Robin herself still spends a lot of her time sitting on them to keep them warm. The adult male pays regular visits to feed the female, perched on the line that is close by. I managed to get a "not very good" photo of the chicks in the nest while the female was off stretching her legs somewhere.
Talking of chicks; the Blackbird family that we call 'Set-B' has now hatched her second brood. We can hear them but as yet have not seen them. The female still comes to the back door for mealworms to feed the chicks. Today I managed to get a short video of her coming into the kitchen to help herself to a beak-full!
One of our regular Wood Pigeon visitors has started to eat from the feeders normally only suitable for smaller birds! Not content with mastering the art of balancing while eating from the lantern feeder (see earlier post from April)...he...or she...has taken to eating the crushed peanuts from the wire feeder. Not normally a problem if you are a bird small enough to hang onto the feeder while eating...but if you are a big plump bird, you have to learn the art of balance and timing to rock to and fro to get a tasty morsel!
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