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That's great news Henry.

Are you keeping up with the meal worm supply? My Blue Tits and Robins can't get enough of them LOL.

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LOL they do look so funny when they're carrying them don't they Henry.

Sometimes a moustache, sometimes a cigar (like this one).

You've got a great set-up for them.

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With the constant threat of cats on the prowl I had to fix some wire around the box . The youngsters are growing by the day and are now stretching and flapping their wings .
 
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Some protection .
 

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The saddest .

Earlier tonight I noticed one of the adults trying to remove one of her chicks that had died .Attempts to haul it up through the opening failed , what it did next was quite surprising , she pecked into its belly then [it looked] like she devoured the contents . Once that was done she eventually managed to get the [smaller] corpse out through the entrance .Thats nature for you .
 
Gosh Henry! I've not heard of them doing that before. It couldn't have been very nice to observe, but fascinating though.

I hope the rest of the brood survive OK.

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I think it was the ninth egg that was last to hatch , it was much smaller than the rest . She left the body at the other side of the garden ......henry ....
 
I,m expecting them to leave the nestbox any time now .

Gawd :eek!:... well I hope the weather is better up there than it is here Henry - bucketing rain and blowing a gale!

Good luck H

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Al gone .

Tuesday and Wednesday was take-off time . sad to see them go ,they,ve been very entertaining . The adults are taking food to them where ever they are hiding .
 

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You must feel so proud, though Henry, to know that all your babes have grown up and left the nest!

Very nice pictures you've taken of the event too.

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