Last night at dusk my husband came in and said that he thought we had another little bird in trouble and I should come out and take a look. There was a baby blue tit inside the suet feeder. He said it’s mum had been calling it like crazy from the nearby fence but it wouldn’t come out of the feeder and eventually she left.
I said that it looked to be engrossed in feeding on the suet and I thought it had just got carried away. My husband was concerned that it was getting dark and no other birds were still out.
I went to get my camera. As I took a couple of photos this was enough to cause the baby bird to realise that it should go. I got one of it in the feeder, the next of it emerging from the feeder, then it flew up and over the fence towards to the trees.
Baby blue tit in the feeder
Baby blue tit makes it’s exit
I am glad I took the photos because it seemed to be enough to cause the bird to fly to safety. Hopefully this little bird will get to live another day.
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Oh that is lovely x
we all like a happy ending .
We do. I am so glad it turned out well, I couldn’t bare to write of another bird demising. All the little blue tits have been to the feeders today so I like to think our baby was among them and doing fine.