Mistle Thrush Update - with pics

[jacey]

So Mrs Mistle Thrush laid one egg per day from Monday to Friday. You've seen the other pics - this is the full nest.












And on the sixth day she rested...













Then last Friday... four chicks (count the beaks). I wondered whether the chicks hatched a day apart since the eggs were laid a day apart, but it seems that four is all there is. Anyone know what happened to the other egg? Does it get eaten if it doen't hatch? There's no sign of it having been tossed out of the nest.









So now both Mum and Dad are on feeding duty













Only four days and already the chicks are much bigger, but now there are only three in the nest. Is this Darwin in action? When Mum comes back with grub they are already leaping up to compete for it, their yellow beaks open as wide as their head and red throats offering an excellent target for either Mum or Dad with a spare worm. Eating machines.