Sorry it has been so long in getting the fledging videos posted. But they've now been edited. I had cameras set up inside and outside of the nest. The outside camera was subject to direct sunlight and fairly breezy weather but I did manage to capture the fledgings and the chicks looking out of the nest.
"warning - you can see the body of chick 4 in the nestcam videos"
Eldest chick looking out of the nestbox and nearly deciding to fledge. This was 22nd May 2011.
Eldest chick fledging as seen from inside the nestbox.
Eldest chick fledging from the nestbox. Eldest chick decided to go at 9pm on 22nd May 2011. The remaining 2 decided to stay in the nestbox overnight.
2nd chick fledging at 6.30am on 23rd May 2011.
Last chick leaving the nest just before 7am on 23rd May 2011.
As you can see from the footage outside the nestbox the 3rd chick sort of plummeted rather than flew. The two elder chicks flew straight across the garden to the apple tree. Chick 3 ended up on the ground behind the dustbin. I rescued chick 3 and put him/her in the bush at the edge of the garden. Mum found the chick and carried on feeding it.
That evening Mum was still coming in for worms and took them to the fur tree in next doors garden. I could see the chicks being fed. She carried on doing this for the next 2 days.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Vidoes of fledging
Sorry it has been so long in getting the fledging videos posted. But they've now been edited.
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