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(Published in Estonian 05.07.2017)

In the great tit webcam nest the first chicks hatched on June 25th. By today [July 5th] the chicks have grown impressively: both adults feed them diligently during the whole daylight period. But whom do the parents bring as food for the nestlings?

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Translation Liis

 

Although counting the nestlings in the camera nest is not easy – either the adult is warming the young in the nest or all chicks are not visible, lying on top of each other – Looduskalender forum says that probably all 8 chicks have hatched.

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This morning [Saturday] the six largest chicks left the webcam nest. The oldest of them were 20 days old. The two smallest however, 3-4 days younger than the others, remained in the nest. What will be the fate of the chicks left behind ?

At 10.40 two chicks were still in the nest

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The direct stream view from the great tit webcam nest is organised by the Estonian Ornithological Society in cooperation with Looduskalender, transmission is arranged by EENet and Tele2, the forum is organised by Looduskalender. News from the nest in the nest tree trunk are forwarded by science news magazine Linnuvaatleja. Supported by the Environmental Investment Centre (Keskkonnainvesteeringute Keskus) Estonian text dated 15.07.2017.

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In the great tit nest with webcam the first chicks were hatched on June 25th and on July 12th [date of the Estonian text], they were 17 days old. Usually great tit nestlings leave the nest in their third week of life, in periods with abundant food already at 15 days