シジュウカラ日記(4) 2024、ヒナ誕生・給餌　Titmouse Diary (4) 2024, chick birth and feeding

14日（日）に小さな卵を巣の中に確認した後、約10日後の25日（木）に10から12羽のヒナが誕生しました。

最初は小さな餌を雄だけが、そしてすべてが誕生したら雄雌2羽の親鳥が5分間間隔ぐらいで入れ代わり立ち代わり餌を運び入れてヒナたちに与えます。

親鳥の給餌の回数と餌のサイズは日増しに増えて、親鳥の多忙な日々が数週間続きます。

今日も早朝から育鳥に忙しい親鳥たちです。

シジュウカラのペアの一連のこの流れは実に感動的で、邪魔しないように観察する価値があります。

巣立ちを迎えたら、今回も昨年同様にビデオにまとめます。

After confirming small eggs in the nest on Sunday the 14th, 10 to 12 chicks were born about 10 days later on Thursday the 25th.

At first, only the male fed the chicks with small pieces of food, and when all the chicks were born, the two parent birds take turns bringing in the food and feeding it to the chicks every five minutes or so.

The number of feedings and the size of the foods increase daily, keeping the parents busy for a few weeks.

The parent birds are busy raising birds from early morning today as well.

This sequence of events by the tit pair is truly impressive and worth observing without disturbing them.

Once they leave the nest, I will again make a video of them, as I did last year.