The great tit chicks are growing fast, as all eight are being fed at regular intervals by both parents with all sorts of food.
I put a few mealworms out this evening and the great tits, robins and blackbirds were on them within seconds of me putting them out.
The first great tit chick had eaten a mealworm less than a minute later, although one parent still found other food while the other swooped on the mealworm feast.
Below is a two minute video showing some of the feeding action this evening.
What amazes me about the footage was the way the chicks ate the food, then upturned themselves to 'deliver' the parent feeder, a fecal sac; the parent also waiting until the sac appears.
They are still blind and just 4.5 days old, but possibly only another 10 days from leaving the nest!
But tonight they'll be sleeping covered and kept warm by the female.
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