My Forest Home
For those who have not been following it, I thought I'd highlight a rather gripping story over at the My Forest Home website.
Ken's camera nestbox was abandoned with eight Blue Tit chicks inside on May 17th. Whitetail, the mum, was last seen in the box early afternoon on that day.
This was the last box picture of Whitetail feeding her chicks. She is still alive as Ken has seen her feeding in his garden.
Ken's camera nestbox was abandoned with eight Blue Tit chicks inside on May 17th. Whitetail, the mum, was last seen in the box early afternoon on that day.
This was the last box picture of Whitetail feeding her chicks. She is still alive as Ken has seen her feeding in his garden.
Ken has decided to try and hand rear the chicks himself.
One of the chicks died on 23rd May, but the remaining seven are still going strong.Ken intends to build an avairy for the chicks so they can continue to feed well past the normal fledging date before he releases them.
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A video of Ken feeding the chicks can be seen here
posted by The Bird Woman at 9:01 PM
3 Comments:
I'm glad that he has stepped forward to save all those chicks! How is YOUR birdbox? Nest-cam still waiting?
Hi Peggy - mine is well and truely empty. Will have to wait and hope for nexy year now.
Four of Ken's seven remaining chicks have since died, leaving three.
Well at least they have a chance. No feeding at all would have meant that none of them would have survived. Don't give up hope with the nest cam. Our blue tits have at least two batches of babies in a summer. You've got another shot at it.
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