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13 giugno

I suppose that in the back of my mind I knew there would be only one outcome to the story of our little family of bluetits.

Much fuss and fighting early on while they sorted out which box to nest in followed by a period of wonderment as they swooped in and out of the chosen box.

I had a few reservations as to the siting of the box, but that was after they had moved in ... not a good time to start moving things about! (So I didn't!)

Those of you who have been following the saga will have both noticed that reports have been slow appearing lately, probably due to members of the family, (our family that is!) distracting us with house moves of one sort or another and encouraging me to widen my horizons even more by giving me the opportunity to see places in London where I haven't been before!

Nevertheless, we saw that the activity on the bird saga had slowed down and lack of visits by the male, or female, to the box caused much concern. After three days of non-appearances we took the drastic step of gently looking into the box. There was just one egg, cold, and no obvious presence of either bird for a long-ish period of time. We must assume that they had abandoned the nest due to a variety of possible reasons, such as:-

the garden was too small
there were too many other birds in the immediate vicinity
Birds were using the box too land on before going on to next door's feeders

So there it ends, sadly, with no photographs of fluffy balls of feathers demanding food etc.

Thanks to all of you, seriously, who read my efforts and made comments which were encouraging for me to carry on. I shall try another blog later on if I can squeeze time into my daily schedule. It's been an enjoyable experience and nice to know that someone was reading it!

Keep watching ... I shall return!

Love and Light

Brian

20.18.41 | Pubblica su blog

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Jenny ha scritto:

Awwww, what a shame!! But then, if it wasn't right for them, it was probably better the egg didn't hatch than it hatched and the parents abandoned the baby.

Maybe if you take the box out of the flight path of the birds visiting next door's feeders, you might find you have more success next time.

My parents have a blue tit box in their garden, it is sited on the side of the house, above the garden fence between them and next door. They have babies each year, even though their garden is miniscule and well populated with other birds, including predators like the corvids and a Sparrowhawk - and this in the centre of town!

Anyway, good luck with your birdies in the future!

21 Giu.

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