'PG-13' Edit. First Egg Hatching to Chicks Fledging VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED. BlueTit Nest Cam 2021

[@connectplus247]

That bird who got his first look at the world then dived right back under the nest...I feel you man 🤣

[@notorioezz]

Underrated comment! He'll know soon enough, life and the world can be cruel

[@ReadRomans10]

Excellent comment!

[@kerulogo1084]

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[@rockon795]

@@notorioezz The big black bird stalking the nest may do him harm, Little Red Riding Hood all over again

[@wavynacho]

Whats the timestamp?

[@AzureRoxe]

It will never not be funny when the dad brought this huge caterpillar for the still-baby chicks and there's a slight "hmm, i MIGHT have brought food that's too big for them" moment.

[@korebiis]

the dad: the risk i took was calculated but man, am i bad at math

[@giselleb1111]

At 12.39?

[@treble473]

@@giselleb1111 At 5:36

[@starchild7843]

Why are they just dying off like that when they seemed fine a few hours before!?

[@shinob9782]

@@starchild7843 the ones that died were the ones not getting enough food

[@TheBloodLass]

For those of you wondering about the last death, here's someothing I noticed: at around 17:34 you can see the mother take a very small piece of waste from the littlest chick just after feeding it. It's significantly smaller than the waste they remove from the other chicks. Clearly what happened was the smallest of the last three ended up starving, most likely because the other two happened to be bigger and stronger from the start and therefore continued to be fed more. And as others have said, most likely the body was too large to remove, so they put it as far away from the nest as they could (little blurred box in the bottom right corner).

[@ShawnAnston]

first dead removal at 5:00 Crow siege at 09:50 Starling Siege 18:40 First view of the world 20:30 Nope! 20:35 It's not so bad 22:30 where is everyone? 22:45 Curtains & Applause 23:00

[@VikingTeddy]

Still missing the one bit I was interested in. How did the last one die? At that point it seemed like all three were strong enough to make it.

[@PAOKTSIS_staurpoupoli_fcknwo]

And 7:40 another one

[@ShawnAnston]

@@VikingTeddy not enough food possibly.

[@BasedRanger]

@@VikingTeddy Likely starved. Many species of bird parents will even preemptively commit infanticide when there are too many hatchlings and not enough resources to go around. Otherwise, the entire clutch could fail to thrive. In lieu of this, it's often just that the largest ones (the most naturally strong, or just the earliest to hatch, sometimes one in the same) survive simply by being quick to thrust their heads up and having their mouths be the most obvious target for food delivery.. they continue to grow faster and get stronger, they remain prominent at mealtime. Survival of the fittest guarantees survival of the species.

[@VikingTeddy]

@@BasedRanger That's what I figured. But I was interested in the "process" rather than the how. I just wanted to see it from beginning to end.

[@Katz_Pajamas]

I'm surprised not many are mentioning the "diaper changes" lol. The system they do for pooping and cleaning the poop is hilarious! Right after they get fed a couple of them will turn around, go head first into the nest, put their butt straight up in the air, poop it out and mom or dad grabs the poop from the butt and takes it out of the box! That's insane! So systematic!

[@Torqu3d]

Lol truly is and a definite wtf moment when I saw it happen.

[@kenzielanning9627]

the first time i saw it i thought it was food they couldn’t eat. i was very wrong

[@meh5069]

I saw that and I am completely fascinated!!! I have never given much thought to birds, no I’m going down the rabbit hole!

[@AmyInArizona]

I was hoping someone would bring it up!

[@REMNANTRising2005]

LOL I know I was like ?? It looks like an egg wow such clean poop lol and mom and dad are on it ;))

[@steampunkedbull]

19:29 “BRO DO YOU MIND??”

[@graceverigan]

I mean, you've gotta feel bad for mama bird when the crow stuck its' beak in. She was absolutely terrified. The way she like, burrowed down and didn't move.

[@zavagefrick6524]

When?

[@Marc_Fuchs_1985]

@@zavagefrick6524 It starts at 9:30 , first you hear some noise, then she makes herself smaller and smaller until some huge beak comes through the hole like in a horror movie. She must have been really damn frightened, but it's good to know, the "evil" birds don't make it through this little hole.

[@JadeEu]

@@Marc_Fuchs_1985 predator birds?

[@JadeEu]

@@Letthat i love crows! such intelligent birds

[@jimjimsauce]

@@Marc_Fuchs_1985 the only evil birds in this video were the two babies that made it..

[@bamboozledzoinkers5694]

* Crow attacking nest * Chicks: *FOOOOD :0 :O*

[@daneg]

2 of 8 fledged, and that was with the benefit of a man made, predator proof box. Eesh. The odds are really against these birds.

[@hawk257]

With the usage of pesticides (70% insect bio mass loss since 1970) in agriculture and monocultures we don't make it easier for prey hunters to feed the mouths... Imo perspectives of people and buying behavior have to change too.

[@purpleXpotion]

@@hawk257 Sure, let’s all start eating bug infested/half rotten food ..and while we’re at it, why not do away with diapers & clean our kid’s butts like these birds do. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Ugh! Environmentalists. lol

[@Numira]

@@purpleXpotion your comment makes absolutely no sense. like it has anything to do with what he said and btw. yea people need to learn the fuck to apprecite food. not throw a whole apple away cause it has some dots, or throw a paprika away cause the skin is already a little shrunk or throw a carrot away cause its not looking beautiful or throw milk away cause its 1 day after bbdate.

[@mg8642]

Some birds have evolved to hatch extra eggs with some birds intended to die. That way only the strongest survive to breed again. The parents couldn't keep feeding so many mouths.

[@Numira]

@@grill6411 you rly dont get it. its not, about starving or lack of food. sure if I dont waste the milk in a rich country the kid in a poor place doesnt life better. but its to appreciate the product, that ressources(human and from the earth) were needed to produce it even more if it was meat. and be a rolemodel to future generations, our population still grows and it will get harder to sustain our population. and if we want to continue consume in the west as we do today, doing small things help. most actually happens in storage ready for delivery to supermarkets and supermarkets, I aggre and know first hand. thats why and for a single person its not much but it summs up, you should buy what you eat and dont immediatly throw away things. we developed tastes. for the milk smell it, for other stuff get a little taste. I understand for delicate stuff like chicken you dont want tp risk food poisoning, thats why it is important to start thinking while at the market not at home, what you need and what not especially if you have access to a supermarket every day. the economy adapts it is a reflection of how we behave. no producer wouldnt want to make money of vegtables not so good looking and no distributor wouldnt want to make money off of it but in the end currently its what the consumer is used to and thats beeing spoiled to a degree. for example that cucumbers need a certain size and form, no one decided to make a law of pure fun it was made cause thats what we expected with the abundance available butthis is uneevenly distributed among the world thats why again, people who can chose should make an impact. btw. expiration date even sais its not a strict thing but guideline. a product is not spoiled immediatly cause its over date heck just apply basic logic. you can use spices way above date cause they are dried and dont attract any pest. thegenerations befor us applied that destructive thinking of, in my lifetime I wont be affected so why bother and why bother of others. Others cant chose and be so fortunate so if you can decide why decide to go for the, fuck those 2 bucks i just buy a new product, doesnt rly matter the money I "lost" then go for a more positive approach. even as little as to even see if its bad and open it then trash immediatly. btw. many get fatter mostly because of not more food available but eating the wrong food and not a balanced consumation of what the body needs.

[@snarkmark]

Before the last chick died, you can see that there is a really big difference in development between that one and the two that survived. Maybe that is why the parents didn't care about it or helped it? Like they were being pragmatic and just kept their focus on the two "good ones"?

[@ItsStribe]

Yes

[@millieblu2348]

I thought it was more of a squeaky wheel thing. The most pushy chicks got more food and got bigger faster.

[@lenira7750]

idk bro

[@W4iteFlame]

@@millieblu2348 exactly

[@TheFoxtabulousVixie]

I had something similar happen to my baby budgies... After the father had passed away by unknown causes ( possibly by over exhaustion ) the mother wouldn't care to feed the babies that had hatched afterwards and only prioritized on the 3 that were already hatched then when the two oldest got older and more dependent, she neglected the last one.

[@tiffinstingkatssimple9112]

From how mom used her claw to hold the eggshell she was eating to how dad pushed mom aside to feed the chick's to how they both took their deceased chicks out....very real.

[@MrGamecatCanaveral]

Um yeah. This was real. Not cgi.

[@MrGamecatCanaveral]

@Dum Bass Dan I don't know what Disney shows you guys watch but they show things like this in other nature shows.

[@MrGamecatCanaveral]

@Dum Bass Dan wow. You think that was hostile? Lol. I'm sorry snowflake.

[@MrGamecatCanaveral]

@Dum Bass Dan lmao. That's it. I like you. Maybe we could troll each other a different time, on a different video. Or we could team up against other trolls. Have a real fun time. Lol

[@MrGamecatCanaveral]

@Dum Bass Dan lmao. Oh you got me all wrong pal. I wasn't pissed off at all. Trolling people on KZbin is merely a way to pass the time for me. I believe Marie Kondo says "to live a life that sparks joy". Cigars, gaming and trolling. I'm a simple man, simple pleasures. TTYL

[@Randor10]

Thank you for this. My wife and I watched the entire video during our morning coffee. It’s the most fascinating thing we’ve watched all week. What a great project for you to plan out and execute. The world needs much more of this.

[@atable2505]

You and your wife sound lovely!

[@5skdm]

​@@atable2505 this is totally random but you are the first person on KZbin i randomly found with a brainpop pfp, after more than half a decade being on KZbin I was a pretty big fan of brainpop when i was younger, so seeing someone with a brainpop pfp makes me happy

[@framcomarchetti]

firts dead removal 5:00 second dead removal 7:20 third and fourth dead removal 15:05

[@de4769]

There is another dead removal at 5:28

[@zzador]

And there is one unnoticed removal between day 17 and day 18. At day 17 there are 3 and at day 18 there are only 2 left.

[@rbrwr]

@@zzador Chick crawled out of the nest cup and got stuck. It was never actually removed and the grey box on day 18 onwards conceals its body.

[@KickstartYourselF77]

😭😭😭

[@McGregorsPlumbingandHeating]

Thanks buddy balls

[@Katz_Pajamas]

I was very fascinated over how Mom would test the ones she found dead to make sure they were dead before taking them out of the box. It looked like she would nudge and swing them a bit while they were dangling from her mouth just to make sure that they weren't moving anymore. At least that's what it looked like

[@aliyahsantamaria3005]

where at?

[@Katz_Pajamas]

@@aliyahsantamaria3005 starting at 14:57

[@Katz_Pajamas]

@@aliyahsantamaria3005 it looks like with the first one she pulls out, she kinda lifts it a few times to check it then swings it a bit. Or maybe it's the dad doing that, not sure.

[@Deguu68]

Thats just your intepretation i guess

[@Katz_Pajamas]

@@Deguu68 You had to guess that it was my interpretation and not someone else's? 🤭🤭 It's ok...Here, I'll clear it up.... I was describing what I personally viewed in the video thru my own perspective. This would in turn be my interpretation. If I was quoting someone else's interpretation I would've made that clear and stated that it was not my own. So, yes, this was my interpretation. 💯

[@LazieKat]

For those who want the outcome: there were 8 chicks initially but 2 only survived. 4 died at a very young age, and 2 after developing some feathers.

[@davidpoa7775]

thank you for taking the time to tell us what happens so we can make an informed decision before watching my decision is I don't really feel like being sad right now so I might watch this later as usually, I don't like seeing dead baby chicks but I still am kinda curious to what happened lol 😂 😂 so thank you! :)

[@ricson088]

I did not see the last one who died, where he is

[@suzan6254]

@@ricson088 I think the last one was too big to lift our of the nest after it died so they moved it to the far corner. You can see a brown sensor box appear in the right bottom of the screen at some point. I think the body is behind that

[@angelaedwards7138]

@@suzan6254 great observation I had to go back to look for the box , I did notice it but didn’t put 2 and 2 together 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@joyoverflowing2512]

I’m wondering if it’s normal to have so many hatchlings and most of them dying.. could it be the nest was made too small for these growing chicks so that some get trampled to death by either the mother or the other chicks as they get bigger? 🤔

[@RagnarNomad]

@09:11 one of the parent bird kicked the other one out so that he/she could feed the chicks, pretty hilarious

[@morfy2581]

i loved noticing little details like these, it made them feel so human

[@sakuraice22]

@@morfy2581 I think it makes them feel more like animals; humans aren't the only ones who have personality and emotions

[@sarab2324]

Yeah kinda like hey you go now while I do this!

[@jack4781]

for me is the father that move the mom, like *"Dinner is araive"*

[@cannaventureseeds2909]

@@morfy2581 Wait.. What! These arent humans?

[@acemini9612]

I felt momma's fear when that crow tried to get in.

[@LaRizzle516]

Right?! Oh my heart jumped watching her. Everytime a loud scratch from the crow sounded off, you could see her shiver almost, jumping from fear 🥺

[@ilovesopa]

Minute?

[@sbub]

9:37 is when you see the mom react, it appears shortly after

[@Kanaotsuyuri1234]

@@LaRizzle516 yeah she became a heart attack

[@teeksha4004]

Shes like.. if i cant see them, they cant hurt me :•)

[@magicmantis]

These are the cleanest birds I have ever seen!

[@raz.al.ghul777]

yes, on eight babies, two survived... clean

[@joggingmanc5383]

@@raz.al.ghul777 welcome to nature’s life

[@jeannineroche5669]

The whole process, good or sad from beginning to end when the last little one fledged was totally amazing! I enjoyed it immensely thank you!

[@unknownwords3121]

I’m right there with you!

[@matthewtylergee]

9:57 in case anyone is wondering that was a raven. Ravens a notorious nest thieves. They will even eat the chicks in the process. Probably thought they could muscle in and kick the occupants out.

[@jokers7890]

I think that is a carrion crows beak, not a raven. It looks too short to be raven's beak, but its hard to tell for sure. It could be a younger raven too.

[@jokers7890]

Looked it up......U.K. has about 1.4 million Jackdaw crow pairs and 1 million Carrion crow pairs and only about 7,400 pairs of ravens.....so very very likely it was a crow, not a raven.

[@ironix1]

The corvid trying it's luck was a jackdaw.

[@4givablyun4givable]

You know they never really talk about both parents helping with the chick's it always just what you hear about the mama but you see them them both doing equal parentingits pretty cool

[@Ladiescodelavely]

@Dale Macarena ➊ we're talking about birds not real men lmao

[@4givablyun4givable]

Well to be fair I never did say men aren't necessary in my comment nor was I hinting at it... I would be lost without the father of my son and would never ask for a life without him.

[@ABoxIsMyHome]

@@4givablyun4givable so sweet. Just seeing Twitter where a very small group of women say all men must die/useless is pretty degrading that we think maybe everyone just thinks it

[@UmatsuObossa]

Some species the male does equal work, others he'll do more of the work, less or the work, or all of the work, and in others still, he'll do none.

[@tonytoni1303]

It's so fascinating when you see them act almost like humans it's really interesting

[@Rheaistaken]

Ikr, glad I'm not the only one! 😁

[@wingdingsfontcharactercode9886]

Can relate, I dump my babies outside when they die too

[@tonytoni1303]

@@wingdingsfontcharactercode9886 lmao

[@Katz_Pajamas]

@@wingdingsfontcharactercode9886 well what else would you do with it? Lol

[@heartlknj]

True but we are animals not the other way round

[@alacru1]

Man this moment when the crow tries to sneak his claw and beak is real thrilling. Stay safe mommy bird!

[@Infinito_T]

yeah like nazgul bird from mordor. "Give up the halfling" blue tit

[@kennylionheart3255]

That's crazy, how 5 of them survived for like the longest time, then all of a sudden 2 of them drop off, just like that. When I saw at first that only 3 died at the start, I was hoping that all other 5 would make it. Such a shame that they didnt.

[@jokers7890]

yup bad weather and not enough space.....a bigger nest and they probably would have all survived.

[@Aethgeir]

That's why they have so many chicks though. Several of the chicks dying is baked right into their reproductive strategy.

[@dragonballz4998]

Great footage! Had me wanting more. I was intrigued on how it would end both the good and the bad. Sometimes I would see baby chicks laying dead by a tree and always thought they just fell out the nest. Now after seeing mom and dad discard them makes more sense now. Thank you for posting good work!

[@AstralDragoon]

I had always wondered if birds feed their young equally, and if so, how they know how much each one has eaten. I saw the edited version of this video and noticed that between days, some chicks would disappear. It finally inspired me to look up how birds feed their babies, and although it's unfortunate for the ones that don't survive, it makes sense that the stronger chicks are fed more and some are inevitably lost.

[@8304Hustla]

the large bird trying to get the chicks and the bird mom all scared had me shiiivverring

[@BasedRanger]

@@paperman9708 Yep. I saw one where the predator bird quickly made the small hole into an opening large enough to get its head into with ease. Kept coming back and plucked every baby out, one after the next, finishing the job within a matter of hours. Just one fledgling leapt from the nest shortly after an attack, hopefully it survived. Might even be a good idea to reinforce the opening.

[@darthchaos05]

@@BasedRanger link?

[@78alissa]

Amazing! Much respect for the person/ people who captured this. Just beautiful!

[@Msriiko.]

The way dad helped with that big worm ♡ the way the mom carefully removed the body ... nature ♡♡♡♡

[@BavonWW]

One small point, not intended as criticism, it's a caterpillar not a worm.

[@MsClaudiaDuran]

These bird parents really do nothing but live for their children. All day, back and forth, bringing food and "changing diapers".

[@VeryFamousActor]

At least it's only for a month or two and not 20 or more years lol

[@ironix1]

Chicks not children

[@wren5291]

9:14 Oh my gosh😆 'Get off. There's no time to rest! Go get food for our kids'. I love these videos, thank you for making them💚

[@natnaelenrique1802]

😄😄😄 eu rir dimais

[@theravenqueen6687]

I laughed so hard 🤣

[@RainRoseville]

Moral of the story? "Don't ya play dead possum game with mum!"

[@Ben-kz2km]

From our perspective, it's a small bird. But when you try to see the mother from the perspective of the tiny hatchlings, she is huge.

[@reoire843]

And the crow and starling that try to get in are even bigger!

[@lenira7750]

indeed

[@eavyeavy2864]

The attacking Starling also huge compared to the parents

[@aliplay5]

watching these videos made me learn more about birds than 30 years on this earth

[@pebbles8677]

Love these videos. I helped rescue a baby blue tit a couple months ago, I work inside a wooden cabin selling food and hot drinks and I could hear scratching and tweeting on the roof, I then saw something land on the floor and it was a baby blue tit, it fell from the nest. I know they say not to disturb nature but as I work on a golf course I wanted to give it's best chance at survival so I placed it inside a box under a bench, sure enough the mother, after much searching, eventually found it and kept going back and forth with food ❤️ I think it survived and flew off because it wasn't there a few days after (a few golfers said it was still there on my day off) I'm hoping it didn't get eaten but it gave me joy to know it had a better chance with my help.

[@kasia1785]

Aww thank you so much for sharing your story Sweetheart.

[@hatedozer]

this has really given me a new found respect for birds in general, it really is facinating just watching them engineer there way threw life .

[@jokers7890]

imagine if you had a biology or zoology degree how you would feel then!

[@hyperdrivee7922]

What a wonderful idea, effort and outcome. I hope that you’re able to continue this channel. You’ve created something amazing. Congratulations.

[@SilverLakeKingdom]

9:40 starts the scary part, did you see the nightmare situation at 9:57 when the crow trying to get inside the nest the birdy mother is so afraid she literally holds her head down and hangs onto her babies so they don't jump out and get eaten alive. Seeing this made me appreciate what our parents go through to bring us to this world. That is for sure a wow moment for me, nature as it's finest, the mother will never let go!

[@jokers7890]

Not sure if its the mother or father, it could be either......and it's holding them down to hide them/keep them away from the crows beak......its not so they 'dont jump out', your entire comment is just projecting your human experience onto a bird, which does not work.

[@sylney]

@@jokers7890 you're a dip 💩

[@5skdm]

​@@jokers7890 i think its the mother, because from the previous video (nesting and first egg) the bird in the crow attack is the same one as the one who built the nest, and based on some shallow research i did, the females are the ones who actually build the nest

[@nans969]

This was very fascinating. I have a lot of nesting birds on my property. There are always predators waiting for the fleglings and chick's pushed out 9f the nest. Also, when walking in my yard we need to be careful not to step on the fledgling. Adult birds are very aggressive while they are out.

[@donnamelerine2892]

Thank you for posting both versions-my mom loves these videos but she couldn’t take seeing the little chicks pass :(

[@iamgriff]

2:24... mama bird is telling father bird to go get some food. Lol...these videos are really great... In this video, we can see that we are born with everything we need to know..the rest is critical.

[@lenBrill1971]

17:10. Baby sticks but in the air. White poop sack comes out and mum bird takes it out side Epic learning curve!!!!!

[@suelovescats]

I raised zebra finches years ago …it’s sad when some die .. but that’s just the way it is in nature sometimes …I raised a few lovebirds .. the mom and dad passed years ago… one of the babies was so tame…but I cried when he fell and was injured . I had 2 more and one lived for years and I just have the one now , she is getting rather old . I love her so much 💕🦜💕

[@ruthie6406]

❤️❤️

[@cudacore7738]

We have to start appreciating nature, it’s the only beautiful thing we have.❤

[@TylerMcKinney]

Daddy bird lookin STRESSED. No time for the hair salon when you're out hunting 24/7! Do the parents both come in and sleep at night? This mutve taken Daaaaaayss to edit. Thank you!

[@rbrwr]

The father never sleeps inside. The mother sleeps on the nest from the beginning of laying until a few days before fledging.

[@HaifaaAmni]

2:46 pretty sure the one on the left is dad and the right is mom. The dad checked out the bird house first and built the soft foundation, then mama came to build the nest and lay the eggs

[@harutosunaa3881]

Yep

[@nova31337]

@@HaifaaAmni the one on the left is the mom and the right is the dad. To tell, look at the feathers on the head. The mother's is a smooth plumage with clean lines while the father's is more roughed up with mottled coloring in the black and white portions. The mom scouted the space in the first video they put out and built the nest with the dad coming in only a handful of times. With the exception of helping feed the babies, the father will typically stay outside to ward off any predators that may approach the nest.

[@TheyCallMeEDGE]

These videos have gotten me hooked on bird videos recently, and the biggest thing I learned is that bird video comment sections are trash! If I had a dollar for every time someone mentioned Disney I’d never have to work again. And God forbid anyone make an incorrect assumption about a bird, because then random people who apparently study birds for a living will insult your intelligence. Love the videos tho! Keep it up in spite of the rude comments!

[@sciencewizard2861]

omG yoUR sO DuMb yeah go back to your reddit cave you neckbeard. you're right, there are so many "experts" who sty to act smart but look like the McDonalds' clown rejects who haven't seen their dad years and have 2d people as "waifus"

[@artistrymindsstudios2531]

@@sciencewizard2861 lol

[@grahamjonathan762]

@Edge Loving your work. Did you pick some of them lines up from a Disney film?

[@mambu3630]

@@sciencewizard2861 When the comment about toxic comments is more toxic than the toxic comments themselves...

[@TheFoxtabulousVixie]

That's anywhere you go. Either in comment sections on KZbin, Tiktok, Reddit, ect... Hell uf u dare say one thing wring in public people chastise you for it.

[@o.oxoxoa]

It's so beautiful no matter how many times I look at it's so beautiful.

[@vonneblazier814]

I've watched the whole series of this family. It is very interesting. Thank you for making it happen. Hopefully the next family will do better. 🤞

[@ludwigvonn9889]

So weird that the birds never come back once they learn how to fly... Very symbolic and deep.

[@nielle_]

the uploader said the family stayed outside the box for a few weeks while the parents taught the chicks to hunt their food :))

[@JustDaZack]

This encourages me to start watching more documentaries. Been too long since I did that.

[@mataschmata]

17:32 looks like mom grabbed and took something off the baby on the right, then after that the third baby disappears and there's a censor box over the bottom right corner. guess some things still can't be shown even in the "everything is shown" version lol

[@kisatorimuru6627]

One of the fledgeling was exploring the nest and got stuck. And unfortunately passed away in the corner. The stream has it hard baked to have that corner censored.

[@hoody4414]

I saw that part. I'm a little disappointed they didn't include it, but I guess that part takes a little explaining.

[@SomeCrumbs]

@@kisatorimuru6627 At first I read "exploded"...

[@muffinmonk]

I think they just forgot lol

[@givemebeans2228]

Is there anyway i can see the uncensored version? Im very curious

[@cannibalbananas]

Thank you for both versions. I prefer the edited version, but was curious about the other chicks so I watched this one too.

[@_J_U_S_T_I_N_]

This is wild! I just realized around the 16 minute mark you can tell that one of them is alot smaller than the other two. Wow.

[@tiddieappreciator5370]

damn i only started watching halfway through and there was like, 4 or 5 when i picked it up, didnt realise they started with so many :( do the parents still use the nest box after the babies are gone? if so do you empty it up for new birds or is that kinda like betrayal for them? lol im very uneducated in bird culture but this was all really interesting to see!! this mustve been a lot of work to manage and edit, thank you for sharing!!

[@judetwee]

Depends on species. I think for bluetits they do not reuse the same nest, and it's good practice to clean the box out in between clutches so that parasites like lice don't suck the newborns dry of blood before they even have a chance. (If you clean the nestbox out, the same pair may come nest again.)

[@CynthiaWebbDesigns]

Some birds reuse the nest as it is, some clear out some and freshen up, and some just abandon, look for a new spot. Varies by species.

[@PurityVendetta]

I have only just found this series of videos and, I have to say, they're truly amazing! There's so much drama, life and death, going on in our garden that we just don't see. We hear the spuggies that nest a small cavity in the eaves of our cottage but we only see them coming and going. I really fancy creating a similar set up to watch our local residents. We keep our garden a bit wild to encourage more birds to nest, I think it's time to put up some more bird and bat boxes 🙂❤️

[@BirdBath1]

Find me

[@PurityVendetta]

@@BirdBath1 Thank you 🙂

[@BirdBath1]

@@PurityVendetta 🥰

[@AbsolutelyNABiL]

Aww the baby bird did the little “open mouf I’m hungwy” thing 🥰🥰

[@maqmaq438]

Thank you so much for this video! Life is not easy, not for humans not for animals . We just saw the way natures works. Thanks and thanks! Excellent video 👌

[@bhawana_verma]

*Chick's being removed* 😞😞 5:07 5:27 7:30 15:03 15:19 15:34 😢😢

[@nicolerodriguez2972]

There was one in 5:07 too

[@bhawana_verma]

Oh yes,, I'll add it too

[@maiks.3684]

What happend after? On 15:44 clearly 3 chicks still there but cannot see from this part there was another removed. At the end we have only 2 chicks survived.

[@brookiebee1655]

@@maiks.3684 I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY LIVED, Tysm for telling me. It’s a shame they passed.

[@bhawana_verma]

@@maiks.3684 I think that part of Day 17 is yet not uploaded.Screen also looks blur at a corner from day 18 Maybe the chick was left dead inside the nest behind the blur screen.

[@will9603]

2 out of 8 survived in a man made bird house, we had a Sterling and a Crow attack. I know it’s a obvious nest to a predator looking for food but in the wild they don’t stand a chance if they are spotted!

[@JM-kv2kn]

With or without crows 8 are too many to feed

[@thidderreal]

@@JM-kv2kn There’s just not enough to go around. It shows in the footage too.

[@SuperNinjaGingas]

There were only 6 chicks total though?

[@setsunaitsme91]

@@SuperNinjaGingas there were 8 chicks, 5 of them dead on nest due to lack of growth and food, 1 being unfortunately stuck on the corner and dead due to cold

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

Your details about discretion are very, very helpful! I used to teach and I always had to watch things first, just in case. I still show things like this to children in my family. Well done, much appreciated x 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Glad it was helpful!

[@banzaiib]

most people don't think nature be like it is... but it do

[@RamRam-oi3qm]

Also, I found it funny that the male had to kick the female off the hatchlings a couple of times so he could feed them.

[@CaptWesStarwind]

As a parent, I have never been so grateful to have had hands.

[@mikeh283]

So I count 8 total. 6 didn't make it. But we see 5 carried out by the parents. What is that brown box near the 17:30 minute mark? One of the dead birds too big to carry out?

[@bumblebee4650]

17:59, “mom I know I’m 18 but I don’t want to leave the house!” Mom: “to bad”

[@zavagefrick6524]

That's the dad

[@bumblebee4650]

@@zavagefrick6524 so? I was making a skit

[@VikingTeddy]

It's missing the one part I was most interested in. How did the last chick die? It seemed the final three were already strong enough to survive.

[@ludwigvonn9889]

Ye i missed that one too but i guess it also just suffocated like the others, that nest seems pretty deep.

[@EndiXIV]

Description says the footage for day 15 was lost, that's my guess as to when it died as well

[@mattportnoyTLV]

Beaten to death by its sibling’s spastic wing outbursts.

[@rbrwr]

The chick crawled out of the nest (on day 17, if I recall correctly) to explore the box and got tangled in the nest material and was unable to release itself. The parents basically ignored it and concentrated on feeding the other two. There is a video on this channel showing all this, but the channel clearly considered it too much for the "PG-13" edit. The grey box at the bottom of the screen on later days conceals the body.

[@shraddhachauhan8281]

@@rbrwr That's why the grass messed up after day 17. I was wondering who messed up the grass side and why there's a box now I know 😢

[@martinimweb559]

I love how they test and train their "engines" :) (wings) :)

[@pumpkinpie7254]

What a wonderful video ... When that crow tried getting in I almost had a panic attack ... This type of video is a refreshing change on KZbin’s platform, bravo !

[@wmoule]

Seems a high mortality rate, maybe she built the nest too deep and the strongest chicks got all the food.

[@Stue-e]

as the description states, there was a cold snap, so the nest was built extra deep in response, which unfortunately put the chicks in fatal competition for food

[@miksterias]

I noticed the mama bird would appear to eat the eggshells after the babies were born. Can someone explain that to me?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

She is replacing the calcium it took to lay her eggs.

[@CowboyBike06]

She’s really getting down in that nest. Very interesting to watch.

[@loreanna67]

Pretty cool how she bats down when theres another bird trying to get at her chicks and how they flip upside down when they poop so she can carry it out lol

[@rammstein1995ish]

So from day 17-18 I'm guessing they lost another one?

[@ninakuup21]

The grey bar at the bottom probably is censoring the other bird's corpse. I assume it was too large to carry out through the hole in the nest.

[@rbrwr]

@@ninakuup21 Exactly so, though the unfortunate chick was too tangled to remove, and if I recall correctly the mother didn't even try to remove it. There is another video on this channel that shows the whole sorry story but apparently it didn't fit into a "PG-13" edit.

[@Vanifest24]

@@ninakuup21 😞

[@aproctor997]

This is like the Oregon Trail of birb watching

[@ej7089]

First death(day 4) - 5:07 Second death(day 5) - 5:20 Third death(day 6) - 7:20 Fourth death(day 13) - 14:56 Fifth death(day 14) - 15:20 Sixth death (day 18) in the blurred corner - 17:40

[@melxo19]

Why’s it blurred?

[@cartonzproz4536]

@@melxo19 cuz its a dead animal. Censored it to avoid Violent youtube thing

[@SamanthaNemo]

So mom and dad never come back after they learn to fly ? :(

[@al.hadi15]

So sad guys 🥺

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

the family stays together outside of the box for a few weeks while the chicks are taught how to look for their own food

[@gettriggered6961]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough So they graduated

[@Rizzz289]

Yes

[@carriemorley356]

Oops! Well- 3made it to home plate! Mom and Dad STILL ROCK in my eyes‼️👍🏼💙🕊thank you for this.

[@zweij]

Whank you so much, I will share this video with as many ppl as I can

[@lindseystory6343]

Absolutely love the way they communicate with one another ❤

[@TheLoneGamr]

That first one looked flattened. Wonder if it died from being crushed.

[@freddiegibbs101]

17:35 for those wondering what that censored box in the bottom right hand corner is, from another comment: "I think the last one was too big to lift our of the nest after it died so they moved it to the far corner. You can see a brown censor box appear in the right bottom of the screen at some point. I think the body is behind that". There were 3 and then down to 2. That's wild that they couldn't get the body out.

[@SCEmissary]

Thanks for sharing this. So the parents remove them and while doing so their siblings notice the movement and beg for more food. Feels kind of bizarre...

[@lenira7750]

imagine sleeping with your brother's corpse...

[@lensdavinci]

I can't help but laugh at every single time the parents come back with food. The babies immediately shoot up, mouths open, as if they're ready for something to be poured into their mouths.

[@frozzytango9927]

Its life and death for them.. funny to you.

[@FieldKitten]

@@frozzytango9927 its pretty funny.

[@chrisauten2039]

Survival of the fittest!

[@frozzytango9927]

@@chrisauten2039 unless you are the unfit one

[@lunazui5855]

@@frozzytango9927 as if you weren't eating chickens nor birds, veggie man

[@catechumen24]

Thank you for posting both versions! I was wondering about that! So fascinating :)

[@fevkin]

Absolutely mesmerising. How would a chick die at 14 days? Is it possible it would randomly miss out on the food?

[@dienuca]

Thank you so very much for this video! I feed blue tits in a tree right outside my window and just love to watch them when they come, especially in the winter when there are no leaves to hide them. This is such a unique and special thing to see, all the "behind the scenes" of these beautiful creatures' lives, it didn't even cross my mind before to search for something like this. Thank you! ❤️

[@backyardbeautybrainsbirdsb4109]

Their wing sizing exercises whoa too much power lol 😂 cute

[@erikad0511]

Crow looks huge ! These birds must be teeny tiny, nothing else fits in the house

[@tinaerskine7855]

Brilliant to watch. Thank you, though death is a part of nature, it's still sad. But along the long, there has been comical parts, like the parents kicking each other out the way to feed their chicks. And to watch them finally fled was amazing. 💗

[@TheBonehead1997]

Did one of the parents get killed by one of the predators? I noticed at the end only one of the parents were there. Or did the other parent complete its job and move on with its life?

[@foxdenhomestead]

I'm guessing moved on, I feel like the father stays around for a few weeks but then will carry on. Don't quote me on this though lol.

[@KingIsaaklopez]

Just blew my mind!!!! This is fascinating in so many levels! Someone know what they doing with the corpses outside?? I have so much questions....😱

[@sheiladawg1664]

Do the parents keep using the nest after the chicks leave?

[@rich777]

will they come back to take care of their parents? also, I miss my parents.

[@angelaedwards7138]

I didn’t know birds had that many eggs at one time , I thought 2-3 tops , this video is very informative as to what happens. I’m going to be working on an area on our property to add different bird🕊🦜 boxes/ houses 🏡 , feeding 🫐🥜stations and bird baths 🛁 I’m so excited to do this and be able to watch them all 😃

[@demonraven234]

Will you make next year another series about a bird house from inside?

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

This didn’t answer my question at all… What is that blurry area that shows up between day 17-18 and is there the rest of the time?!

[@ket5818]

If any other birds use it as a nest, are you gonna document it as well?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Possibly!

[@lymnn6505]

Crow :*That one nosy family friend/neighbour*

[@sreeradhaguha8837]

Dear KZbinr, What's wrong with Day 18? Why a gray patch on the right hand corner of the nest box? Also till Day 17, 3 chicks were seen and on Day 18 the mother bird is seen feeding 2 chicks only?

[@jahoirafrancis5160]

one crawled out abd died in the corner

[@reoire843]

No footage of that I guess

[@OkayImLisa]

I pledge to never skip your ads. It's my way of thanking you for the video!

[@astropgn]

If you are financially able and if you watch a lot of youtube, I suggest KZbin Premium. It is not that expensive and it is worth it if you watch a bunch of videos, it removes ads, and it shares the profit with the channels you watch.