HUNGRY!
I’m back in the UK, so I spent the day in Patchings working on some handouts for the bead course I’m doing tomorrow. This meant I’ve now seen the chicks on the nest-cam for myself!
They look so strange, like little aliens, but are adorable nonetheless. Their eyes aren’t open, but every time they hear a noise they all open their beaks and start jockeying for the best position to get food. We feel sorry for the poor parents – they’re run ragged! We’ve definately seen nine chicks, but I think there might be ten. It’s hard to count them as they wriggle so much. My current favourite is little Runt – the smallest open beak in the middle of the picture. He hatched last, and is much smaller than the others, but fights just as hard as the others when their parents arrive with food.
Posted: June 2nd, 2006 under Beading, Nest-cam.
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