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Mooney goes wild nestwatch 2014 bluetit

  • 14-05-2014 5:06pm
    #1
    novicecyclist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭


    Sorry if posted already I looked and couldn't find it. I have been watching this nest on and off for last 20 hrs or so and it seems only the female is feeding the chicks. Is this normal? I thought the male feeds them as well but haven't seen him.


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  • #2
    Bonedigger
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    novicecyclist wrote: »
    Sorry if posted already I looked and couldn't find it. I have been watching this nest on and off for last 20 hrs or so and it seems only the female is feeding the chicks. Is this normal? I thought the male feeds them as well but haven't seen him.

    He should be feeding them too as far as I'm aware.Hopefully he hasn't fallen prey to a cat or sparrowhawk.The female should be able to look after the chicks on her own,but it would certainly take its toll on her.


  • #3
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Are you sure they are not taking it in turns?. Telling female from male in Bluetits is often extremely difficult.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I've been watching on and off all morning and it seems to be just the one parent sitting on the nest and going outside at intervals to bring back food. I haven't seen a second adult at any stage so I'm getting worried. It's unlikely she could feed them on her own as they get bigger, - certainly not the entire brood.
    We'll see what Derek has to say about it today. Hope I'm wrong.


  • #5
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Only the female will now sit on the nest, with the male taking turns feeding. Do you know that the bird that comes in to feed is definitely always the female, and how? You won't see both birds in the nest now.
    Anyway, let's see what Mooney says.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    Derek says both parents were in the garden this morning so all is well:).


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    Bad news today about the little blue tits - no survivors. It's sad but that's reality I suppose. I'm so disappointed cos I really loved following their progress. And they seemed to be doing so well. :(


  • #8
    Alun
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    Oh no, that's such a shame. One of ours seems not to have made it either, probably the one that hatched two days late. The remaining 6 seem happy enough so far (touch wood!) although as they said on the report there, the really heavy rain we've been having recently meant it was difficult for the parents to get out and find food. We could clearly see the female sitting in the nest during the day when it was raining really hard.


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