u/HumbleChirps

What an acrobatic bird!

And there is a squirrel guard! What a tease! ahah.

So he would try to jump above the guard but it doesn't work, so he climbs on the camera pole in front of the feeder pole, the one with the squirrel guard, and then jumps over to the hanging bowl. He eventually spills everything and then climbs up to the bird feeder. This little cheeky creature is so clever.

I ordered another squirrel guard today. He already has his little feeder with food especially for him, yet he wants the best of both worlds 😊

u/HumbleChirps — 9 hours ago
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7 Blue tit chicks, soon will be fledging

Hi everyone, I'm new here, and in the birding world. I recently got a nest box with a camera and since March I got to follow a beautiful blue tit family growing and nesting.

There are 7 chicks, one egg was not fertilised and put on the side by the female. At the beginning I was worried that she decided to ostracised one egg, but it turned out she was right and could sense it much sooner than me. I called the female Emma and the male Bob, I was so excited the first time they chose the nest box, then I saw how Emma created her nest, and then got fed by Bob while covering the eggs.

The babies were born the 23rd of April, they are growing so fast, everyday they have new feathers, it's incredible! Soon they will be fledging. I am so scared to miss the moment when they'll fledge, so I setup a youtube live to not miss it. If anyone is interested here is the link, otherwise I'll try to post more videos here too. It's quite fun to see them evolve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qLCc_xejSg

u/HumbleChirps — 3 days ago