Topic: chicks

[gertie50]

Hello All,

Every year we have Blue tits nesting in the bird box, this year being no different.
Until I checked inside the box and found 4 dead chicks.

Is there anyone out there who could shed some light on why this happens.
I remember the parents being attentive to the chicks. The mind boggles.

https://flic.kr/p/nWh7Px
(Hope the picture doesn't offend)

Many thanks,
Gertie.

[Paul.and.Lynda]

Hi,
If the parents are disturbed in the nesting box sadly they will abandon it.
Paul   

[Digeroo]

Perhaps something has eaten the parents.  Cat, hawk, kite, etc.  Maybe an infection, we found dead birds scattered around the garden about four years ago.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Maybe something - probably not you - scared the parents so badly they abandoned the nest. Small birds have short and interesting lives, and there are all sorts of possibilities.

[Silverleaf]

Those chicks look very close to fledging. It's a bit of a mystery...

[gertie50]

Those chicks look very close to fledging. It's a bit of a mystery...

It's a huge mystery as nothing has changed in the garden. I look after guide dogs occasionally
but I've done that for some years now. Clutching at straws now.....mind boggling.

Gertie.