Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Chickadees about to fledge

Black-capped Chickadee Chicks
3 July 2013

    As you can see from the picture below our little chickadees are thriving and growing in leaps and bounds. They now have a full coat of juvenal plumage and appear ready to fledge any day. The parents have been industrious in the extreme and seem never to be free from a food run to the hungry young in the nest. It has been a pleasure observing the development of these birds.

Young birds in the nest

Adult delivering food

Adult removing faecal sac

Adult removing really messy faecal sac!

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David M. Gascoigne,
David M. Gascoigne,

I'm a life long birder. My interests are birds, nature, reading, books, outdoors, travel, food and wine.

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