What happens to a blue **** young if one of the adults is killed? i was driving home yesterday and i hit a bird and killed it instantly there was nothing i could do it happened too fast so i turned around and picked the little bird up and put it in the hedgerow but was wandering whether it is breeding season for blue **** and if it is what will happen now, will the partner bird look after the young on its own? |
| Yes the partner will look after the young if it even had a partner, not sure if they are breeding yet with how everythings been out of sync lately, |
I had blue **** nestling in a box on my garage and they have disappeared and the babies have died? I have a blue tit box on my garage not so long ago two parents settled there and we heard little birds chirping away in the box, last week sometime the sounds disappeared and we checked the box the other day and the babies were died, not sure whether i should clean the box out because other blue **** might not come back because of the smell off death?
Many thanks Glenn |
First you must clean out the nest box and disinfect it before you put it back ,or else you will have flies and such breeding in it' plus it will begin to smell.
If the parents are still alive they could return next year to nest.
There are a number of possibilities,that have caused the death of the babies,Predators such as Hawks,Crows and Magpies could have taken the parents,
Has acces to the nest been closed for any length of time ,has the car engine been running,as the fumes from the car will kill the young.
Some one says the heat,could have killed them,maybe so ,but at this time of year the food of Bluet*ts is Caterpillars and small insects hatching and they need heat.That is why birds of the T*T,family hold back till they know warm weather is on it's way.
If there has been a spell of cold or wet weather this affects the hatching of their food insects and can lead to starvation of their young.
There are numerous factors that could have caused the death of the chicks.
Until monday I had a pair of Golf inches nesting in my garden,the young must have hatched,but alas a Crow had found the nest and taken the young and even pulled out the nest.
But that is the way of nature.
Don't forgett clear out the nest box. |
Guess how many baby blue-**** fledged from the nest box in my garden? Yesterday morning me and my Mum were lucky enough to watch the baby blue **** taking their first flight out into the big world wide world. They were so gorgeous, so innocent and cute. The nest box in the garden has been so busy with the parents going in and out with food, my dog has been keeping any cats out the garden and we've been putting bird food out to help them out. First one with correct guess gets 10pts for best answer.One guess each though......... |
Hi there,
I'll guess that there were 8.
I love it when the baby birds fledge, we have just had our nest of blackbird babies fledge over the weekend, and the sparrows have brought their babies to the feeders this afternoon. Our garden has been like a choir all day with all the chirps and cheeps of babies being fed or wanting to be fed :-)
I hope your babies are fine over the next few nights as they get used to the world around them. Have a great week :-) |
Does anyone know why I have suddenly seeing blue **** in my garden I've been feeding birds for 12months now ? and Ive never seen a blue **** before does anyone know why ive suddenly started seeing them they seem to be attracted to my peanut feeder but ive had the peanut feeder out there for as long as ive been feeding birds. and also ive got a bird box in my garden with the right size hole for blue **** do you think there is any chance they will occupy it next spring ? |
| Same here ,, They like the nuts and fat balls. Reason for now is that the natural food, insects and seeds, the supply gets very short in nature so your banquets are very welcome to them.. You will find they will visit during the winter, so keep putting food out, In the spring , as natural food sources improve, you will not see so much of them.. As to whether they might nest in your garden, well you just don't know . Depends on where their nests usually are, if there are cats about etc,, Oh isn't the American word censor so silly to obliterate the birds right name. The are blue titts , whatever they say |
Is there some law against shooting blue ****? I shot a blue tit with my airgun, my neighbour saw its torso scuttle along his drainpipe and is threatening “action”… (whatever that means). There’s no law against shooting them is there? I mean I know it’s okay to shoot gulls and blackbirds so I could say I misidentified?
Oh Uk law btw |
| wow that's horrible, what kind of person are you and why would you shoot a poor defenceless bird? |
When do blue **** start investigating a bird box for nesting.? i have placed i box facing north and one east,so far not a sign of any birds.is it still too early. |
| Mine are investigating the nest boxes right now, the North facing one might not be so good? what is the prevailing wind direction? They won't start nest for another few weeks so don't worry, sometimes I think our boxes aren't going to be used then suddenly at the end of April they start nestbuilding. We had blue t*ts and coal t*ts last year. I put a sparrow nest box up today. |
How can I attract blue **** to our boxes? 2 years ago put one up late...had chicks.
Last year added a second 6 foot away, in plenty of time ..but no nests in either.... 23rd dec this year...had birds taking a look. Should I do anything to encourage them?? |
| These boxes are too close together..birds are territorial and you would only have one box being used, if any. A 2nd bird would get chased out of the territory and would not be allowed to nest so close. Move the box much further away. Do NOT put food near the boxes like someone suggested. This will attract predators who will know the location of the nest boxes. All you can do it wait it out to see if birds will occupy both boxes this year. Even if they don't...keep them up as you may have someone using it the following years. You can provide a food and water source AWAY from the nest boxes to encourage birds to come to your yard in the first place so that they will be more likely to find the boxes. Most birds occupy the same territory from year to year, so there is a good chance the birds that nested in the box last year will show up again this year. |
Time is getting close for the blue **** to start nesting in the boxes I have? in my garden however I forgot to clean them out at the back end of last year it is too late are the birds likely to have started visitng the boxes in a bit to make it home for a few months until their young have fledged....or should I go and buy some new ones or make my own. Loads of suitable old timber in the garage but no good at sawing wood.. |
Don't worry if they are like the hedgehogs they will clean it all out anyway..so save your time & money on boxes and ensure you've got enough fed for them all.
My husband started feeding the birds about 5-6 years ago, I thought he'd gone completely mad when he brought back an old fallen tree however he's made an excellent feeding station with it. He's planning on making nesting boxes but as he is a builder, like my own extension I expect they'll be a long time coming.. But we feed them throughout the year so they know to keep coming back. |
We have put a nesting box up for the Blue **** in our garden? We were really pleased when they decided to nest there. They started to build their nest but have stopped and there is no sign of them now. We can only think a cat must have frigthened them as we saw one on the fence. Will they come back? |
they may come back~
try moving the box to a safer site if it is cats that have frightened them
for info
the bird is a blue tit
enjoy |
Should the blue **** be nesting yet. No sign around our boxes yet? 3 years ago had nest in box 1st year. No interest last year and no signs this year yet. Should we do anything to encourage them. |
No! the only action you will get round your nest boxes will be them picking out the one they wish to take up residence in.
They will take up residence in about 4-6 weeks but this depends on the U.K. weather.
They try to go to nest in time for the insects that they eat hatching,if the weather is good then they nest if not they wait a little longer
That is why in the last few years there have not been many young birds reared,the bad weather affected the insect hatching's,some T**s will rear two broods if conditions are right.
Clean out your nest boxes A.S.A.P. they don't like dirty ones,because they will be house hunting shortly. |