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JonathanD
16-05-2010, 14:25
I've been watching this one for a while. The hole is about five feet of the ground with newly hatched chicks in it.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/16May20104.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/16May20109.jpg
And the adult having a rest between grub hunting...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/16May201048.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/16May201049.jpg
I love the shot of the adult looking back at you. :)
JonathanD
16-05-2010, 15:59
I love the shot of the adult looking back at you. :)
It's the male that's the cheeky one. He has used my shoulder as a perch into the hole twice now. A quick bounce on and off and he's down the hole in a second. He even cusses if I get in the way. Funny little things.
wickerman
16-05-2010, 17:57
nice pics,we have a nest box by the back door put up last year no takers,this year the blue tits have built a nest in it.
JonathanD
16-05-2010, 18:26
Here's a couple more:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/16May201054.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/16May201051.jpg
_scorpio_
16-05-2010, 19:31
good luck to them :D keep us updated!
JonathanD
16-05-2010, 19:35
good luck to them :D keep us updated!
I certainly will. I'll keep this thread updated with pics of the growing family. There are at least five in that nest. No idea how they will all fit if the all survive as it is barely big enough to hold one adult. Hopefully the woodpecker that made that second hole won't come back.
_scorpio_
16-05-2010, 19:40
or if the woodpecker is feeling generous it could make them an extension for when they grow up :D :D :D ....
JonathanD
16-05-2010, 19:59
or if the woodpecker is feeling generous it could make them an extension for when they grow up :D :D :D ....
With the woodpecker, I don't think growing up is an option :evilangel:
i watched a family of blackbirds ,last year raise there brood to fledglings only for a magpie to take them all ,sad to see but thats life as they say !!!
JonathanD
20-05-2010, 16:58
Here's the latest update. All of them doing well, no more woodpecker attacks. They are growing quickly.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/20May201035.jpg
Got some of them in one of my many bird boxes at the moment.
Nice pictures of yours.
JonathanD
20-05-2010, 21:04
I found another nest under construction today. Right in the roots of a Sycamore about a metre from the main entrance of a huge badger sett.
found a nest the other day as i was out for a cycle, built in the post of a gate for one of our local parks, using the hole for the slide bolt as an entry,
I should mention this is a fairly substantial steel post at that.... and with 100's of people passing daily!
leaf man
21-05-2010, 14:35
Lovely post jon! Nice pics too
JonathanD
29-05-2010, 17:57
Last update. The woodpecker have returned and enlarged the hole, but there is no evidence to suggest they took all, or indeed any of the birds, It's been a week since I visited and they would have fledged.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/29May2010.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/29May20103.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/darkcrown_1969/29May20102.jpg