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The swallows have progressed from the floor. They can either climb really well or they can fly!. There is only 4 on show; lets hope the fifth has either flown away or is elsewhere in the outhouse. Its out of bounds at the moment while they are still in residence.
Shooting gallery!!!
Meanwhile, the Garden Warbler is doing well. She tends to cover the chicks in the evening when the sun comes round to keep them cool.
Garden Warbler on the nest
4 chicks here, none of which looks like a cuckoo
Series - Spring Nest-Box Watch
- My Neighbours Tits……….
- It’s Sextuplets!!
- Three Swallows makes the Summer
- Swallow Update…
- We can Fly!!!!!!!!!!!!
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6 Responses to “We can Fly!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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Ian has turned into such a twitcher that he has not blogged our weekend ramble with its ace views, or our horticultural updates, only ornithology…
That picture of the warbler is great Ian!
Are you sure that Warbler chick is really a Warbler? It looks like a Cuckoo to me!
Bloody hell, I think you are right!
Warblers are one of the cuckoo’s favourite targets too…
Ian, did you know, was this a wind-up?
No….
it can’t be a cuckoo.. they only lay 1 egg in a nest. There’s 4 here, and they’re all the same!!
[Ed. last picture above added 9/7. ]
OK, looking at the images on this site:
http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/Animal%20Behavior/driving_parents_cuckoo.htm , confirm it too I think. Phew. I was getting worried about warbler-murder! Although the cuckoo is apparently quite threatened in the UK; a lack of habitat for their favoured hosts, reed warblers, means a lack of habitat for cuckoo chicks…