18th May 2021 - Ears and feathers - Blue tit nest box live camera highlights

A textbook day for our parent birds. The rate of feeding seems to have gone up a notch today, the insects being fed to the chicks are bigger and there seems to be more caterpillars being brought in. With more coming in there's also more going out!
Our five chicks are developing well. It's now possible to see their ears, there's tiny little openings in the centre of their eyes, there's little tufts of feathers on the top of their heads and wing feathers are starting to come in. The top of the chicks are darkening up and they're much less pink. One boisterous chick was even giving it's newly blue wings a stretch.
More tomorrow...
Things used to make these videos:
In box Camera - Green Feathers wired IP camera
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Nest box - Garden Nature side view box
gardenature.co.uk/product/sid...
Streaming software - OBS
FREE to download at obsproject.com/download
Editing software - Davinci Resolve 17
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External Camera - Sony A6400 with 18 -105mm F4 lens
Streaming hardware - Apple MacBook Pro 15" 2012 and 2018