All 3 young are easy to see now. Adult arrived with what looked like a baby starling at 8:50. She stood on a branch on the tree just beside us. Was extremely vocal coming in. She sat there for some time and plucked the little bird to ready it for her young. It was basically snowing feathers. Then she took the bird to her nest of hungry young. She stayed only a few minuets. And left. Male was also close by for a few minutes. You could clearly hear the 2 of them up the street. An hour later I heard them again. But still the female was the one who brought the food. Almost like she is the boss and he is just standing by and of coarse doing most of the hunting. She went to the nest tree this time and again was very vocal. Another baby starling. Took a little longer this time to pluck. She plucked some of the little bird and ate some herself. Plucked some more and flew to the nest to feed her young.
10:00
She repeated this again. This time flying over to the back of the nest tree. Was not there long. Flew to the nest and then off and was gone again. The young are getting very active. One just about lost it's balance and I thought it was going to fall out of the nest . A lot of people are really taking an interest in the nest of babes and have never seen anything like it before. They are being well watched by the local people.
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