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Parent birds may often remove their own young if they are very poorly and unlikely to recover. But I think Alan has raised an interesting point about a competitive bird ousting the young, so as to claim the box itself.
We're down to 3 eggs and 1 chick so another has gone since I went home from work yesterday.
very interesting
we are seeing things not seen before with these camera boxes
Ray
a good laugh is better than a tonic
Thanks :) We now have 0 eggs but 3 chicks so fingers crossed!
I managed to get video evidence of the 'disposal' but can't get it to the minimum upload size :(
Thanks Alan, I have uploaded the clip to Vimeo and, as I'm new to this and just for now, have put a password on it - birdies
The quality has degraded further during the video conversion so more apologies. It starts with her sitting and then cuts time to empty nest and, I think, the male coming in with grub and...
That's what we hoped too, I think one person had suggested in a hopeful voice that they were relocating them as she didn't want to believe it! I wasn't sure if it was the male as each time he has a grub in his beak but could be coincidence. Hopefully all is now well - will keep you updated :)