nesting blue tits

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Hi, I have blue tits beginning to nest in my garden nest-box. They have nested here for many years but not last year. In the past I have had fatalities in the box, although some in the box at the same time have flown. But the year before last I found 6 dead ones and only one surviver. I have a peanut feeder about 10feet from the nest and I noticed that the parents were feeding at the nuts and taking it to the nest. I am wondering if the little ones got choked on the peanuts. There doesn' t appear to be any thing else that would cause it. Do you think I should stop feeding them when there are young ones in the nest? Many thanks. Byegeorge

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byegeorge said: 
 Hi, I have blue tits beginning to nest in my garden nest-box. They have nested here for many years but not last year. In the past I have had fatalities in the box, although some in the box at the same time have flown. But the year before last I found 6 dead ones and only one surviver. I have a peanut feeder about 10feet from the nest and I noticed that the parents were feeding at the nuts and taking it to the nest. I am wondering if the little ones got choked on the peanuts. There doesn' t appear to be any thing else that would cause it. Do you think I should stop feeding them when there are young ones in the nest? Many thanks. Byegeorge 
 
 Thanks Mike for your reply, I will take away the pea-nut feeder as soon as I can see that the blue-tits have nested. I have erected a wooden shade ont the sun side of the nest box, so I think that part of things should be o'k. Byegeorge