"I'm
a humming
bird!"
One of the chicks flexes its wings again.
"Do
you think he's going?" At this stage we thought it might!
But
no - its courage failed it.
During
this time, Babe and Ferdinand are bringing in food as often as they always
used to.
Here
Scrap has another go. You will see from a picture I took of him
outside the nest later today what a poor specimen he is. However, he
doesn't want in courage and fighting spirit - which is presumably why has
has survived so long and not died earlier as his sibling did.
Scrap
decides he is not quite ready yet!
Here
you can see one of the chicks looking out while Babe is in the nest
box. The parents do appear to try to encourage their chicks to leave
by, for example, calling from outside. Has Babe done anything here to
prompt her chick to hop onto the hole?
Well,
whatever encouragement was give, it wasn't enough! I think the chick
looks a bit sheepish here.