Another egg for Babe today - but otherwise nothing special to report.
 This
is one of our first pictures of Kelly this morning. The time is 6.22am
and she is leaving the nest to stretch her legs! Whether this is the
first time she goes out we cannot tell but rather doubt it. Still, the
days will start even earlier soon once the chicks have hatched!
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 What's
going on here? Kelly is alert and spreading her tail in a most
aggressive manner.
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 Ahaa!
She could obviously hear the grey squirrel on the roof of the nest
box. Still, I think she is quite safe from squirrels inside.
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 Babe
now has 4 eggs - she seems to spend quite a lot of time sitting on them,
although I'm sure she hasn't finished laying yet. Great tit clutches
are normally between 8 and 13 eggs according to my Collins Field Guide, but
our experience is that we normally get a clutch towards the lower end of the
quoted range.
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 Boris
continues to look after Kelly, bringing food in sporadic bursts.
Perhaps, like most of us, he is easily distracted by more interesting
things.
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 Lastly,
another look at Babe's eggs. These are noticeably bigger than
bluetits' eggs. Not surprising as a great tit is a larger bird!
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