07:15 Another top up from Maya and once more #4 gets a few bits of fish
#4 soon turns away and joins it siblings. All the chicks are full and now enjoying a snooze in the morning sun.
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33 arrives with a large stick
then tramples about placing it. Little #4 is lying in the middle of the nest!
Yes, as the chicks get more inquisitive, the sides are now starting to go up !
33 is off again
Birdies LG DU update.
Maya now arrives with some hay.
#4 sitting up and looking quite chubby :-)
I keep telling myself that soon the older chicks will stop growing and then this little one will catch up
When out walking my dog this morning I was told a really funny joke which I’ll share as it is sort of bird related.
A young man won a million on “Who wants to be a Millionaire” but was lucky for he had one life left and had to phone a friend. He read out the question which was “Which bird doesn’t build a nest” - a) Swallow b) Sparrow c) Cuckoo and d) Blackbird” to his friend who replied “Cuckoo”. The young man was delighted that his friend knew the answer but asked “are you sure – how do you know?” His friend replied “I'm 100% it’s a cuckoo that doesn’t build a nest for they live in clocks”
Maya standing guard over the chicks.
I hope 33 brings a fish in soon for it is now about 3 hours since the last feed and the older ones will be getting hungry.
FISH
33 flies off. One of the older chicks and #3 being fed first. The other along with #4 remain at the back but #4 is looking
#4 makes it way and pushes into the line and gets a piece of fish
Older chicks don't look too bothered and leave #3 and #4 to be fed
10:39 #3 turns around leaving #4 alone with Maya and its getting plenty of fish
Richard B
Jane - yes little #4 is doing well :-) It is now 3 weeks since the eldest chicks hatched and #4 is 6 days younger which is really quite significant. I expect over the next few weeks they will just grow and grow as will their appetites. 33 will really have to move up a gear and I am sure he will. I always laugh hearing them referred to as the GEMs - Giant Eating Machines. I am not sure as to when exactly they slow down but think it must be around 5 weeks for is that not when they get ringed? It will be interesting to see if they will be able to ring #4 as it may not be fully grown.