Division of labour

[Bub-les]

On Sunday there was a lot of twittering in the garden. I found 3 juvenile house sparrows they were being fed by their parents. The first one I found was the noisiest and was fed exclusively by Dad. It was always on its own.



The other 2 were always together if one flew the other followed. They were fed exclusively by Mum



The one on the left had trouble staying awake and kept drifting into sleep.
After a while both fell asleep......it was hot where they were!




Shortly after this Mum moved them into a tree where they had to stay awake!

They all seemed to roost in the same bush for the night.
Then in the morning they were all out and about again. The same feeding pattern was used ie Mum fed 2 whilst Dad fed 1. Seems even birds can have favourites and divide jobs!
Barbara

[witham]

lovely shots bubbles, they are so cute at that age, it seems the phrase daddys boy etc not only applies to us humans

[Ollie]

Very nice shots of the youngsters Barbara. Good to see them, a very underated bird in my opinion. We have about ten youngsters visiting the feeding station at the moment. That's when they can get a look in for the Starling youngsters.
Roger
Roger

[deer boy]

Lovely pics Barbara

[Bub-les]

Thanks for your comments guys much appreciated.
An up-date seems feeding is almost over Dad and the youngster are still in the garden today but Dad is feeding less and mostly keeping a watchful eye chattering to the fledgling every now and then.
I saw Mum and the others earlier but they seem to have moved on.
It's a lot quieter in the garden!
Barbara