{"id":1592,"date":"2017-06-25T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2017-06-25T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T15:31:33","slug":"wren-and-chicks-from-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wren-and-chicks-from-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Wren and chicks from Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s another set from Saturday. I often hear Wrens, they are noisy things for their size, but spotting them can be tricky, and spotting them with young is even harder.<\/p>\n

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This was the first one I saw, with food. So I kept my eyes and ears open for more.<\/p>\n

\"Wren<\/a><\/p>\n

When I first took this shot I assumed this was an adult Wren looking for food. But now, looking at its beak, I think it is a juvenile. The beak is a lighter yellow and the lighter shade goes further back to make the bright gape of the hungry mouths. I don’t know if the webs are from spiders or caterpillars. Probably spiders.<\/p>\n

\"Wren<\/a><\/p>\n

A juvenile calling for food.<\/p>\n

\"2<\/a><\/p>\n

And then 2 juveniles calling for food.<\/p>\n

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And now, between them we have a dutiful parent with food.<\/p>\n

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Which to feed? The one that shouts the loudest or the one that looks as though it needs feeding up?<\/p>\n

\"Wren<\/a><\/p>\n

This parent has some food with skinny legs…<\/p>\n

\"Wren<\/a><\/p>\n

what’s the best thing to do with a beak full of legs?<\/p>\n

\"Wren<\/a><\/p>\n

Push it into the nearest gaping mouth. It doesn’t surprise me that juvenile has its eyes closed.<\/p>\n

\"Wren<\/a><\/p>\n

Then with a jump and ….<\/p>\n

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a flap off goes the parent for more food.<\/p>\n