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Bluetits - Pimpelmezen
In a Home Garden, Castricum, The Netherlands
photography by Stan Schaap and Susan Kramer
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Birds - Bluetits
- Pimpelmezen growing up
1. June 22, 2003. Parent bluetit getting ready to pass a
morsel of insect into the youngins' whom we have yet
to see. It is said it takes 5,000 feeding trips to raise a baby. One day
they will fly out and abandon the nest till next winter; then they will huddle inside the nest for warmth.
2. Our friend Aloys
sitting and Susan trying unsuccessfully trying to view the baby bluetit. We could barely hear the chicks peeping. June 22,
2003.
3. Here is a parent bluetit. They have blue back feathers and a yellow
underside. June 22, 2003.
4. Moving ahead to June 29, 2003
we see the first little head, actually wide-open mouth, waiting to be fed.
5. The birds seem to be able to
hang upside down. June 29, 2003.
6. June 29, 2003. The parent
really flutters its wings when holding still sometimes - reminiscent of a
hummingbird.
7. Parent zooming away to catch
more insects; they are insectivores.
8. Hmmmm,
I wonder where that little one is?
9. The first baby poking its head
out - it is now June 29, 2003, and the first 2 babies flew the coop. Susan was
extremely fortunate to see 3 babies fly out, vigorously flapping their wings
and landing about 12 feet on the low roof and the fence; then zooming off not
to be seen again.
10. and 11. Well, this is
the 4th baby (body about 4cm long) on the morning of June 30, 2003. It followed
sibling number 3 out of the nest, but wasn't quite strong enough to fly and
hopped down to the garden below and sat under the hydrangea bush. These leaves
are on a ceanothus bush. For about 6 hours it called
to a parent for help? or food? sounding: tsu, tsu,
tsu ... tsu; hopping along
under the bushes, staying under cover. Twice a parent flew down and fed it,
finally leaving the chick on its own. Late in the afternoon after hours
sounding its call, it flew away.
11. Chick number 4's portrait
shortly after hopping down to the garden from its nestbox.
Aren't they fluffy - white cheeks and just a hint of their later yellow underbelly. Stan and Susan are suffering empty nest
syndrome now and wondering if they will come back to the nest box in winter?
Bluetit Bird - Pimpelmees
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site: stan@powertoshare.com--http://www.powertoshare.com
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recommended web site on birding: http://www.bellaonline.com/Site/Birding