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Sjoerd

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:00 am   Post subject: Growing Like Weeds!


The first foto was taken 12 May: (just shown again for comparison.

The second foto was made 21 may. You can see the mother in there. They should be leaving the nesting box any day now.





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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:04 am   Post subject:


Wow! They sure grow quickly! It looks like it's getting a little crowded in there! LOL

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kuntrygal

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:47 am   Post subject:


So cute and they sure have grown fast. Just like kids... you turn your head and they are grown and 'out of the nest'! Laughing


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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:31 am   Post subject:


Oh, my! That's some difference in just a few days. They're a credit to their parents. Very Happy


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Biita

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:03 am   Post subject:


Ohh geez they do look better with feathers. The bald look was not their style at all! lol. I think mama did a very good job with her babies.


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Sjoerd

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:08 am   Post subject:


I agree about their looks and the job that mum has done. The parents flew incessantly back and forth feeding the, I'll bet that they will have flown by the time I get there thisd morning.
I'll immediately clean the box out and perhaps they will have a second brood this summer.


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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:39 am   Post subject:


Great tit babies look so ugly when they're bald but they certainly look much better when their feathers come through don't they?!! I think you're right about them being about to fledge Sjoerd. Thanks for the updated piccies. Very Happy


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tschnath

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:44 pm   Post subject:


Great pics Sjoerd. Birds do grow so fast. I love anything baby though. Thanks for sharing them with us.


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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:53 pm   Post subject:


They do grow up so quickly.

There was a nest of Cardinals outside our bedroom window a few years ago that I would check on every day and then it seemed like in no time at all the nest was empty. We do have several Cardinals in the yard now so there was a happy ending for all of us. Stew Face 1


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Sjoerd

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:57 pm   Post subject:


Well, they haven't fledged yet (as of 14:35 my time).
Maybe tomorrow, then. I saw the magpie waiting on the train lines above the nesting box, so I feaqr the worst for them. If i was there I could at least give them a safe first couple of hours.


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Wrennie

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:06 pm   Post subject:


Oh no! Go away mr magpie! I hope they fledged safely. Or wait till tomorrow.
Which species are they? Arent there more than 1 tit species?

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xylona

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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:47 pm   Post subject:


Magpies are nasty birds....I sure hope they don't get the babies.
The pictures are great and boy they do look pretty good with their feathers all grown in. Smile

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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 10:03 am   Post subject:


Awwww . . . how sweet. What a neat nesting box you have, Sjoerd! Great pics . . . Thank you!

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Sjoerd

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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:37 am   Post subject:


Wrennie...they are the 'Great Tit'. The smaller Blue Tits are nesting in that birdhouse made out of a sawn-in-half wooden shoe.

They still had not fledged by the time I went home this evening. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.


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kaseylib

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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:37 am   Post subject:


That's a pretty neat setup for viewing. I hope your birds make it out into the world O.K. We have a lot of bluejays around here that are nasty like magpies. It's a tough world for babies at this time of year.


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