Mistle Thrush

[jacey]

I can't believe how much Beaky has grown in just a few days. The thrushes are thriving. Mum and Dad are still foraging and Baby Beak is getting huge.

Left is Mum and Baby Beak on Wednesday evening.










And by this evening (Friday) he'd grown into this little bruiser (right)














Both Mum and Dad are taking it in turns to feed the chick. One arrives and the other flies off almost instantly as if the baton had been passed. Getting a photo of them all together is rare.

(Left)
Mum and Dad Mistle-Thrush and Baby Beak hiding behind Mum

Comments

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

They seem to grow quite quickly, but that's because they're basically hollow. It's the only way they can fly...

[watervole.livejournal.com]

wonderful photos.

Sadly, our blackbirds abandoned the nest before the chicks fledged. Probably a cat.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

The nest seems to be very quiet today. Surely beaky can't have flown already?