26th May 2021 - Another walkabout + a brief starling beak - Blue tit nest box live camera highlights
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There's more than a bit of hesitation in saying the today was a good day because there is still a reminder of yesterday's mis-adventure in the nest. That doesn't seem to be bothering the occupants though.
It was a huge relief to see the parents return to the nest shortly after 5am this morning. Our hardworking male was first in, followed slightly later by the caterpillar catching female. The fact that they chose last night to be their first night away from the box only added to the worry from yesterday's drama. Thank you to those who commented to let us know that this shift in evening behaviour is entirely normal as the chicks approach the time to fledge. Admittedly the birds timing could have been better for those of a nervous disposition!
After another brief Starling appearance at 1:14 there was a collective sharp intake of breath on the livestream today when one of the chicks decided to follow in the footsteps of it's unfortunate sibling from yesterday and leave the safety of the nest cup for a bit of a walkabout. (1:35) This chick was much more steady on it's feet than yesterday's and dropped back into the cup without much of a problem.
After we had all recovered from that little fright there was a repeat performance later in the day just to make us all jittery again.(5:45)
Thanks to those who got in touch to share their similar nest box dramas. It's good to know that we're not alone in our trials and disappointments. It seems to be a less than stellar year for the Blue Tits in general.
Not long now until these two remaining chicks fledge. Let's see what the morning brings and thanks for sticking with us. Almost there.
More tomorrow...
For the people asking, the greyed out part is a dead baby bird. If you look at the other parts before this, you can see there was a baby bird that was part of the nest whos leg got stuck and it died of the cold and hunger.
I don't get it why it is greyed...
@@BruceCarbonLakeriver Four words and two sentences: It's dead. KZhead censorship.
@@JustEvelynAndArt really now it is even censored to show a death bird ?! (meanwhile all those scam animal rescue channels from india are still up although they got proven multiple times to harm animals in a cruel way...)
@@BruceCarbonLakeriver I never said that the KZhead censorship was perfect, see how many toxic social media "influencers" still have channels up in this platform? Yeah. Its not perfect but at the very least this youtuber is taking precautions. Be thankful for that.
@@JustEvelynAndArt Erm I don't care about precautions. And many ppl have reported those indian animal abuser for months and there isn't anything happened yet. Some of the rules are just ridicolous....
Ahh so the curious chick that went out of the nesting place died. That's why it is greyed out.
What did it die of? And what was it's foot stuck on?
@@LernestW Most likely of cold and hunger. The feet was probably stuck on a stick or grass
Yeah 🥺🥺🥺
@@courtneyq5954 Why cry? That's how nature works.
@@Gnefitisis @一三Gnefitisis sure that’s is the nature no one fucking cares if anyone dies there is too many of them to replace anyway right? Same with human so no need to worry if you or anybody eles dies.. It's just how life works.. Meaningless.. Those un lucky who stayed alive..
You can see the natural selection come into play where the stronger chick keeps getting fed while the second chick is getting weaker and weaker because they are getting fed. Mother feeds the chick who begs the most because to her that means it is the hungriest one.
i know what this grey figure on screen means and this is so sad... :(
What. Does it mean?
@@windows95_de watch the previous video, a chick wandered to that corner , got its leg stuck and died
@@windows95_de damn I saw the comments 50 said open the box 50 said no exposing the two chicks, was hopping he gets a wire and pulls him back to the nest. He didn't make it, its life
@@sergioranirez2379 He cant touch the nest, if he does the parents will feel that it has been compromised and they'll left and the chicks will die
That's just how nature is sometimes unfortunate and unfair but in a sense it happens for a reason sometimes
Nature seems don't like adventurous beings
I feel sad that the mama bird didnt even look at the other “adventurous stuck bird” and just kinda left him there to die. Oh well, thats nature for you.
She does seem to mourn it to some degree though.
@@PurpleLightning6was9 very few animals mourn deaths, sorry that this ain't a Disney movie
@@PurpleLightning6was9 she doesn’t
Well... :/
b/c it is ...
Little birdy tried to convince itself that exploring is fun. Until it meet the sibling. Sense, trouble and went back. 😅
Owww i looove this, just stumbled upon the channel and im sooo glad to be here!!! Thank you for the beauty and privilidge of giving us the avenue to watch wonderful nature so closely!!!! 🌞💓
1:15 Good thing the entrance was small
Seriously😅 damn nature you scary!
I like the fact that we the viewers can watch nature at it’s finest and beautiful! Yes, at some points it might seem hard to watch but at the end of the day these birds and all creatures are amazing to watch….of course from a distance. So thank you for putting these videos up. I found the video where the mother of father bird was checking out the bird house to see if it was up to par with the what the parents wanted. So they started making their home.
The parents work so hard to keep them feed
They let one of their kids die...
@@bobaniusjr.7784 kids?
@@joelthorpe4170 Children. Sorry but English ain't my first language.
@@bobaniusjr.7784 They're chicks.
@@joelthorpe4170 Ok but I think you know what im trying to say
For grey area- This is called nature
sure that’s is the nature no one fucking cares if anyone dies there is too many of them to replace anyway right? Same with human so no need to worry if you or anybody eles dies.. It's just how life works.. Meaningless.. Those un lucky who stayed alive..
The nest looks cozy and hard, so it looks warm. Two baby birds are so cute.
Lovely to see them out and about, its looking good.. 😃👍
Shame about whats under rhe grey rectangle though
Aw man, I saw the compilation and then saw the vid before this one, now I know what the grey square is, poor adventurous chick
The difference between the condition of today's adventurous chick and that of its unfortunate sibling confirms that the decision not to intervene yesterday was the right one. The remaining chicks are looking strong and healthy. Fingers crossed there'll be no more drama before they fledge.
Yes. I agree.
If he saved it and the parents abandoned him he could've just taken them in, wrap them in a blanket and put them under a warm light and give them a few worms or caterpillars every day. It would've been barely 5-6 days until they fledge. Easily doable but he didn't want to bother clearly.
@@officebear4637 It's not that easy. You'd have to feed them every 30 minutes, even through the night, for the next week. Majority of people can't commit to something like that.
It's like they can't see the nest from there. Or maybe it is difficult to go through the moss from there. Second chick was stronger or mb more lucky to reach the nest
@@officebear4637 it's also illegal to do so, so don't put in your two cents when you haven't a clue.
The blue tit has got to be my favourite British native bird. Then probably kestrel or heron.
Would be nice if there was alternating footage of outside the box and inside, but thats a lot of work editing 👍😊
You beat me to it! I was thinking exactly that when watching the first video of her setting up home.
actually there was, but I saw only like 1 or 2 takes of the outside view
I’m suddenly grateful to change baby diapers rather than contemplate this alternate method...
If you compare this one to the one dead in the corner , you can see he is clearly much more developed. I think the previous guy was "asked" out of the nest.
It was weak and depressed so committed suicide. Like so many millennials of this human generation.
Nice exploring this time around 😆💙
Beautiful birds 😍
Great video! Thanks a lot!
The chick that died from what I can tell was underdeveloped. It had no full feathers or anything compared to it's siblings. It was probably hatched late and likely forced out if the nest by the others
If u go to watch the video on 25th then you will see that it had came out the nest and unfortunately struggled to return to the nest where it then died of cold through the night and hunger :(
I'm surprised they didn't remove this one like they did the last.
The Mother really struggled removing that last chick...so when this one finally went I am sure she left them there...this entire livestream was so educational...
1:15 The crow said peekaboo
I’m thinking the birds could feel the warmth coming from the camera if the camera starts warming up through use. Maybe that’s why the previous one stayed in the corner. I don’t know the extent to which temperature of the camera was considered, but that was something I theorized while watching.
That’s a interesting and reasonable theory!
No. The reason it stayed in the corner is because it got stuck there and the reason there is a gray bar there now is because the bird is dead.
No, cameras don't get that warm when working, the nest is wormer. It's just unexplored part that compels the birds, and he got stuck.
@@billy-cg1qq i don’t think you’ve worked with cameras nor wires before then
@@bobaniusjr.7784 so whats the reason for the other bird that did the same thing but went back to the nest, speaking solely on getting stuck. Also, i never asked about the grey bar buddy
I never thought I'd become a birdwatcher.
Me neither…
Thanx for this dear
OK now I know to buy a small bird house so the babies can't wonder off.
But when a crow tried to get in he couldn't reach the birds because the birdhouse is big
@@marinafan Because the entrance hole was too small
Build one. It's really easy and more rewarding when birds use it
I will make it smaller by squares, but higher by height, like classic ones, so theres will be no place to wander, no way for big birds to reach little ones by beak, and harder for chicks to jump up and fall away from the nest.
@@Andre83572 Make the hole well above the floor, that should do it.
To those asking why its censored, please remember that this is KZhead and it has guidelines on what can be posted and what can't be posted. -(even tho sometimes they don't do their job correctly)- So yes, censorship is a thing here on KZhead if you forgot.
I don't think nature videos need that sort of censorship. It's mainly for the viewers who seem to get upset with that sort of thing. BBC has all kinds of videos of baby zebras being killed by preditors and worse. It's nature. KZhead doesn't censor that
@@Googaliemoogalie Well it does sometimes. Never said the KZhead censorship was perfect. At the very least this youtuber is taking precautions.
7:28 Interesting, I was wondering about how waste disposal is handled and doesn't crud up the nest
I found it amazing how the baby birds put their bottoms up so parents can clean them
Очень интересное видео. А как вы меняли батарею в видеокамере?
I'm thinking there are a bunch of bugs in that corner which attracted the smaller chick but that chick was too weak to be wandering around. Now the strongest chick goes out exploring and is now eating the bugs that are feasting on the dead chick. Whelp.
Oh wowwwwww ! I didn’t even think of that
Yummmm 🤤🤤😋😋
1:16 😬
Wtf was that
Good catch! Didn't even notice that the first time around. Creepy!
Think it was a starling
Can anyone confirm that the one that died there in the corner was the first one to hatch? It seemed to me that the first one always seemed more rambunctious. I would believe it would be the first to leave to explore.
Not really since there are times where the chicks have moved around a lot out of view to really determine which is which.
Really good picture quality. Which camera do you use? I have a similar setup but my camera is poor and needs to be changed.
I think I saw camera info in the description of the earlier video where the bird is setting up the nest.
Shows you that parents need breaks too ... The fact they didn't return for that one night
What is the mother doing with the dead chick?
Right? Like it’s a little late for that 😢
It really seems that third chick was under developed compared to it's two siblings. Considering this is only a day difference in the two videos, there's a reason that baby left the cup. Nature doing it's thing of weeding out the weak. As dark as that sounds.
@Jacky Drywater i don't know whether to laugh or feel sad
@Jacky Drywater biggest balls but smallest brain
@@renzmanzano4010 That seems to have worked out well in early human civilization (some could argue even now)
@@PurpleLightning6was9 huh?
It might have been the first to leave because it was something wrong with it and they stopped feeding it, thats nature, birds do that. maybe something with its feet/legs considering it got stuck there.
these nest cams are fascinating, i do wonder though why parents ignored that little mis-adventurer.
Makes no sense because they Hide babies from intruders laying on top and shoving them under To protect but they left the helpless one to die slow and painful death due to the cold that night - they where there and knew it was stuck snd left it - it’s almost like they where punishing it - get what you deserve for wandering off type stuff lol but seriously really confusing how they are so loving and so cruel at the same time
Can you please continue this live stream for the next inhabitants of the box? I love watching them! You should name them!
what was the starling trying to do
Starlings some times steal other birds nest
i think they also try to take the chicks
@@squiddyt that is true they also eat eggs.
Aww
🤩🤩🤩
mother is like...oh my dead kid. Its ok i have two more....
Content🎉
❤️❤️❤️
Same thing happened to my house where there was 2 bird's chick where the younger one left his place to explore. His father didnt gave attention on him so i decided to take him on his place and done :) he flied and leaved my house after growing.😣🙂
Is the grey covered area where one of their siblings died when he got out of the nest?
Yes. For the video to be accessible to us, it had to be censored because of the regulations on this platform and common courtesy.
Yes.
Oh...
2:02 Damn i guess the adventurous bird that got stuck actually was left to die :( so now we are down to two chicks rip Also the sibling is really looking at the dead sibling. In comparison too the sibling that died looked very newborn still compared to this one which looks very healthy 4:38 this sibling being a lot stronger thankfully made it bacl to the nest
What kind of camera and setup are you using
7:29 - compared to some people, even birds do not make crap at place where they live and clean up after yourself....
You learn something new everyday, I’ve never seen that before, kinda nasty but good design
What? So that white thing mom took was poo? I am so surprised! And are birds' poos hard instead of soft and watery?
@@ishakak147 yep! You can even see her baby turning around to hand it to its mom... Fresh
@Evil Einstein good point, what to say. Sometimes, people throw out their babies like garbage, tho
@Evil Einstein true about worse. One good example is my neighbor - she has 6 kids and 1 dog with broken lifes, and now, she is planning to get another one.
What camera are you using? Thanks
Poor little chick didn’t make it. How horrible that it was neglected by its parents. But that is nature, and sometimes tragedies occur. Rip little chick. Terrible that it had to suffer
well it is the question did it starve to death or did it freeze to death....
Life for wild animals is like LUCKY ONE SURVIVES....its same for all animals...birds...snakes...everything
Was the 2nd walkabout chick checking on the dead one or even eating it? I noticed the mom eating the eggshells after babies were born. Pretty cool way to get back calcium.
The corpse of the baby might have kept the new baby from getting stuck itself.
corpse? where?
@@lukas-kevynmuller6697 the grey rectangle is blurring the body
@@KiDDSOMfRADD10 omg I didn't know that 😳
@@user-xk9jx7kg8k yea unfortunately. The creators did to not upset anyone
Who can hear the dove?
Is the grey box at the bottom to cover the body of the bird who died? I'm presuming that bird was too big for the parents to remove? If so, thank you for doing that. Also, I found it interesting that when the bird today went on walkabout he went over to that part of the box and was inspecting closely. Your hearts must have been in your mouth as you wondered if he would make it back to the nest! So glad he did.
I believe that was the mom. She was trying to see if the chick was still alive by warming it, like she does with the others through the video.
Covering dead chick in the science footage is just ridiculous. Death is the most natural thing in this world so if you making serious video (not a story for kids) do not censor it.
@@js-wy8fg While it's a 'nature documentary', it's worth considering that unlike most of them, this particular dead chick is an animal that people have gained emotional attachment to over the course of weeks of its life, in a series that most people will watch because chicks and their parents are very cute interacting. It's also worth considering that it's going to continuously decay in the corner of the screen until removed- even in a roughly-comparable series (e.g Meerkat Manor), the developers would minimise exposure to decaying baby animals. Censoring it is a reasonable choice given the audience and subject matter.
@@DawnTyrantEo yeah, that is, it's become a story for kids - that is the point.
@@js-wy8fg KZhead could also take the video down if the video is reported for having dead or decaying animals in a video. It might be science but KZhead doesn't like seeing dead things on their platform.
Mum Bird only give food a one Bird🤯 The other Bird is very small :(
That nest must be deep enough for 2 full fledglings to dwell inside
After I watched the 25 of May video, now I understand why there was a black box in the bottom right corner. I had watched the 21 days video and not known why it was there, no I know.
What is the blurred spot in the right bottom corner?
so sad .... what did he get stuck on ?
Deez nuts
@@jacobdeloizy6378 I'm sorry sir that wasn't funny, gonna have to report that to IFYM
I'm assuming the nesting material
Maybe its feet got stuck. Materials tangled to each other heavy n he couldnt fly
Holy shit! That chick popped out of that nest like it was a portal to another dimension. How deep/wide does the nest go? Is it underground under the other material?
Whats on the sensor?
who was that at 1:16 tho LOL
Big bird probably wanted eat babies
Вот всегда было интересно, как птичка узнаёт какого птенчика кормила, а какого нет???
Кто громче орет - тот и самый голодный, того и кормит. Как везде в природе, выживает самый наглый. Можно заметить, что некоторым птенцам достается больше пищи, пока другие умирают от голода. Отсюда и пошла поговорка "В большой семье клювом не щелкай")
Никак. Родители просто дают пишу самому большому и наглому клюву, потому что тот имеет наибольший шанс выжить. Жак Фреско делал эксперимент - в гнездо с птенцами засунул большой бумажный муляж клюва птенца. Родители-птицы кормили лишь муляж, потому что он самый крупный. Это голый инстинкт и никакой любви
Why is there only 2 chicks left? It started off with 8, and I only saw 2 died
He killed the others
@@KM-ts6co what
@@afsilver07 he killed the others bc he thought they were to crowded in the nest. On the livestream you can see him do it.
@Calamity Black the guy who runs the livestream. The person. He opened it up and took two or three out and threw them
@Calamity Black then he clipped the parents wings.
2:04 now they finally realized but it’s too late 😢
Rewatching the other sibling explore with context on what the grayed area is...
1:16 freaked me out
How many kids survived? Earlier 5 birds and now only 2 ?
Started off with 6 babies
Não eram 5 filhotes? Porque só tem 2?
Ué mano, morreram Inclusive, o corpo do 3º tá censurado no canto da tela
Ah tadinhos..não entendo inglês, obrigada
I had been watching the videos in the wrong order, I thought the Grey area was a time stamp or something like that. it finally makes sense
This is a form of natural selection. Something was wrong with the chick that wandered out. Instincts are hardwired genetically for the best survival rate. Those that have weird behavior get ignored so that their break from instincts will not be perpetuated in the next generation. Baby chick did NOT stay in nest, if this nest was made outside a sealed box, that chick would have fallen to its death anyways or get eaten by a wandering predator. Plus, wandering chicks can lead predators to the nest so the wanderer is in fact a threat to the safety of the entire family. That's why the parents ignored it. Why waste energy feeding a chick that would most likely NOT survive to adulthood anyways. For us human beings this is cold-hearted, but we don't realize that our personal compassion works for our species. We protect the weak because we don't need everyone to be strong and able-bodied to survive. In fact, we thrive by the numbers because something is provided by each member. Even those unable to take care of themselves fill a need. We all need love and support and we all need to feel needed. So taking care of the elderly and injured actually helps our mental stability. What we human beings need to understand is that our needs are not necessary the same as for all other life forms on the planet. The dead chick is for sure a sad event, but it is very natural and is actually beneficial to the strength of the species. Now the two chicks will have better feedings and grow stronger.
I finally know why they initially had 4 babies and ended up with only two at the end.
They started out with 6
They had 8. 2 died within 24 hours, one died the next day, the fourth died a couple of days later, the 5th one got fed a centipede that was too big for it, by its father and choked on it and the 6th got stuck in one corner of the birdhouse while exploring.
@@riya12007 LMAO birds so so stupid
@@kylie6701 like a humans
@@iljadenisovs4659 IKR, My wife and I only had two babies & they both lived. We consider that a heroic achievement! (but they’re still both stuck in the nest, after over 20 years! ☹️)
Warmth of the camera is attracting.
I would love to set up a nesting box with a camera like this, but I know I can’t handle watching 40% of the chicks die every time…
Over 40%. I believe there were 6-7 chicks at first? Only 2 survived.
If it's any consolation, I had a Carolina wren nest on my balcony, and 2 out of 2 eggs made it to fledgeling. :)
@@bardofthe90s57 That is really nice to hear. :)
Why didn't the parents remove the dead chick? Is not possible they didn't know right? They removed the other one that died so why leave that one there? I'm really curious.
To learn the lesson hahahaha
Damnn you considered taking the front off but wouldn’t stick your finger in there to push the bedding down for the guy I mean you have a camera in to do it (with a glove ig)
It is illegal in that country to tamper with an active birds nest...the makers of this channel has suffered alot of verbal abuse over that last dead chick and it's ridiculous.
Why didn't the mother help the chick?
А, что,за прямоугольник темный?
Omggggggg I watched all the videos and finally realized why the gray box is there 😭😭😭😭😭 and his brother tried to warm him up but it was way too late
Nothing is crueler than nature. Is the lesson learned here to make the nest box narrower (not as wide) so they can't get out of the nest as 2 did?
It looks like fledging action?
Is the one bird dead is that why u blurred it out
Yep. Also its blurred out because the video might violate certain guidelines of this platform.
2:51 It's so strange the parent did not realize/care one baby bird was outside. It's like the baby bird was invisible.
Ya, I don’t understand..birds have no issue finding their fledglings outside of the nest to feed them.
Где остальные птенцы?
WOOF
Hi, would like to ask, is it that the parents consider anything that is not in the nest is not their responsibility anymore even they know their chick is outside?
Dont think so joan,we have wren nesting ,found 3 on floor yesterday (one dead) but they were frantically feeding the other 2 plus the one left in nest that hadn't fallen out. The noise was phenomenal, that's how I realised something was wrong No they were not ready to fledge they didnt have feathers. I put them back in nest and parents continued their family, thankgoodness.
In a previous video, they mentioned that the parents won’t feed a chick that is out of the nest-cup. I don’t think their brains recognize it or the instinct isn’t there.
Dude why did you censore the dead bird??? That's the best part 😒
MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT THATS WHY SHE DIDENT SAVE IT .sorry dident see the caps on
Reminds me of my abusive mother.... “See look what happens when you want to act all grown and sneak out like that... now your screwed aren’t you. Too bad - your all grown now right so take care of yourself - good luck!” When I was 12 I snuck out and went downtown with a friend from school and was hit in my ankle by a stray bullet. I almost bled to death. Passed out from blood Loss but She refused to take me to the hospital. It went in sideways and grazed the bone and went clean thru- made a big hole - there’s only a tiny layer of skin on it now - I can’t begin to explain the excruciating pain I felt for years - almost 40 and my mom still scares the hell out of me.
That sounds terrible, I'm sorry you experienced that :( I hope you're doing alright in present day 💜
what happened to the chick that walked around and got stuck in the nest?
It died. It's body has been censored behind that green bar.
6:30 yikes…
Is the mom trying to warm up the dead chick or is it burying it? Either way, kinda sad. That's nature for you though.
I think thats not the mother. Thats one of the other chicks
That's one of the other babies checking out the dead sibling 😥
Thus chick is deffo independant early matured quick. Likes to do his own thing.
Me : Oh, that's sad. That other chick behind the censor bar didn't make it. Also me: *other chick's inner dialogue* You have been bested, for I am the stronger brother/sister!
Bit why didn't the parents help when they saw the chick was there in corner
Sometime u need to leave to nature...if mom didn't care about her chick..then why should we risk other 2 to get abandon by their mother...