Blue tits that is!
Aren’t they just adorable? This little bird box has been in our garden for years, and never had any residents. Granddad John made it with Badger one summer when he was over visiting. But this year (horray!!) we have little visitors. It was a good while ago that we realised a Mummy bird was nesting in this box. Then we noticed that the eggs must have hatched because suddenly she was very, very busy flying in and out constantly collecting food for her little ones. She is such a hard working Mummy. It warms the heart to watch her. When the sun shines just right in the early evening, it shines into the box and you can see little beaks open, waiting for food. The kids are mesmerized by them. The last day or so one little bird has gotten big enough to poke its wee head out of the hole. When Mummy returns you can hear a lot of excited chirping. As soon as Mummy leaves baby bird pokes its little head out and waits patiently for her return. I can see the box from my kitchen window and I get lost in time just watching them.
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3 comments:
Tarja here, i made the bird box too =( lol x
lol I love your title!
It remindes me on a "english language lessons" I had in QUB. :-)
you know:
Tits like coconuts. :-)
Bums like oranges. :-)
That's a brill pic. I have two nests under the eaves of the house, think they are both swallows (I had one nest last year and two this year). I get mesmerised watching them too.
You are turning into your mother lolo
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