Anne-Marie Cam

This morning, they’re all gone…
I’ll see tonight if I’ve got their first flights on film!

Today the chicks (I’m not sure if all four are still in the nest, but I think so) have been taking turns, sometimes squeezing up together, standing on the edge of the nest, preening their own feathers, nibbling at eachothers toes (looks like a worm?!), and flapping their wings a lot - I’m guessing they’re getting ready for that first jump!

Our reporter in the field (or rather garden) Lukas confided to me last night that he saw the gruesom event unfold a few days ago (around May Day): Anne-Marie picked at, and tugged around on one of the chicks, turning the limp body over till she got a hold of its rear end, then hauled it out of the nest, and dropped it in the garden… naked and dead… I guess it just didn’t make it, and she had to clean out the body. That also explains what happened to the fifth egg - there’s only 4 chicks in the nest now!

Did you guys see that??

Within days from egg to actually looking like a birdy?! Those worms do pay off… Check out how big it is! Must be getting more and more crowded in that nest…

In case you haven’t seen it “live” yet - look at those hungry mouths!