However our initial sadness has turned to happiness as the remaining three chicks seem to be thriving. They are growing fatter by the day. We think they look almost big enough to make it on their own so think they will fly away soon.
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Birdbox update
Well last weekend the number of chicks went down from 9 to 4 and then 3. We talked with the children about how this probably meant the other 6 chicks had died but some of them preferred to think they had flown away. Apparently the long cold wet winter has not provided great conditions for bird families this year and there has been a high mortality rate.
However our initial sadness has turned to happiness as the remaining three chicks seem to be thriving. They are growing fatter by the day. We think they look almost big enough to make it on their own so think they will fly away soon.
However our initial sadness has turned to happiness as the remaining three chicks seem to be thriving. They are growing fatter by the day. We think they look almost big enough to make it on their own so think they will fly away soon.
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Don't forget to check the live birdbox footage and let us know what you see
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Mrs Goto
The birds have flown. At some point between me watching the box yesterday morning and early this morning the birds flew away.
ReplyDeleteThomas has watched some of Spring Watch and really enoyed seeing all the different birds hatching.
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