Miserable day to start a new life ...

Saturday 8th May 2021

Grey skies and rain coming in sideways! not a great start for the new young family, but I'm sure they will persevere ..

I have searched through all of the clips, but still cannot categorically confirm that 8 chicks have successfully hatched .. but I am pretty confident that that is the case. 

It looks like egg no. 9, is not going to hatch, so we will have to pin our hopes on Mom & Dad raising just the 8 new chicks!!

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Here we can see the poor bedraggled parents, fresh from their latest sortie to find food, even in this most inclement weather!

Here is Dad doing his bit to feed the chicks before Mom returns... Amazing that at barely 1 day old, the hungry chicks are already presenting their bright yellow gapes begging for food ..

Both parents seem to be finding plenty of food at the moment, for both themselves and the chicks, let's hope that this continues as the chicks ravenous appetites ramps up! and Mom is being very attentive at keeping her brood nice and warm .. 

Not much else happening at the moment ... So, I shall continue to scour the clips, in search of confirmation of 8 big wide yellow gapes !! 

Till next time ... Stay safe and dry !!