blue tit chicks

The blue tits took up residence in our nest box about a month ago and hatched their young just last week. The kids have been anxious to take a peek so yesterday we got the ladder and climbed up for a look. If you could zoom in on this photo you'd see tiny little grey heads w huge mouths popping up. Every time we'd pretend to peep like the adults the chicks would crane their necks out and beg like crazy for food. It was pretty sweet.

The other interesting thing about this photo is the green stuff growing on the tree. Because it's so damp in Belgium the algae thrives here and makes everything look like it has a carpet of green stuff growing on it. I'm sure I've seen it before, but it just hasn't caught my attention like the green stuff that proliferates here. I joke with the kids that if they stood still long enough they'd turn green like a martian!