#bertandenid — Public Fediverse posts

Our two chicks have flown the nest! Godspeed, little ones. I hope they'll be OK.
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds #Springwatch

Getting a bit of exercise in, it can’t be long before they fledge! #BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds #Springwatch

We’re now down to two chicks, but they’re fluffy, wide eyed and wandering around the box now!
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds #Springwatch

What a difference a week makes. We’ve gone from eight to just three chicks. A sparrow attacked two, others probably starved… But that big chick is looking healthy!
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds #Springwatch

We’ve got a pretty good looking choir going on here. What song are they singing? #BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds #Springwatch

Aaaaah we have bird babies!
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

I didn’t want to mention it before - I thought it was just a video encoding glitch - but it looks like Bert has an extra eye?!
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

Bert’s only been delivering food a few times a day - I thought it would have been pretty constant - so sometimes Enid has to leave her eggs for a few minutes
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

Over the last few days, Enid has been going out and about during the day but roosting in the box at night. Now she’s sitting on her eggs all day and Bert is bringing her food!
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

I spy some eggs! #BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

Also where does she get all this floof from? #BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

I love that when Enid adds something new to her nest, she does a happy little dance
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

Enid's nest is coming along nicely! #BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds
(I think this counts as relevant content for #Mosstodon too)
(CW: fast movement, rapidly flashing light)

Go Enid go! #BertAndEnid #BlueTit #UKBirds
(Apparently the perch makes it easier for predators to attack so we might chop that off later)

This is my life now #BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers

Day 2: thanks to some info from @agvbergin and by reading https://birdfact.com/articles/blue-tit-nesting, it turns out it was Enid building the nest while Bert has “become territorial to protect the female and prevent her from mating with anyone else.”
Well done Enid, you deserve a nice cup of tea and a sit down for today’s work.
#BertAndEnid #GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds

The people have spoken! Yesterday we were visited by some blue tits who we are going to call #BertAndEnid. Looks like they’re starting to build a nest already (if “3 blades of grass” counts as a start)

Any twitchers know what Bert is doing to the floor here?
#GreenFeathers #NestBoxCam #UKBirds #BlueTit #Birds