Bluetit Diary    May 2004 (1)

 

 

Saturday 1st May, 2004

We have now put the cameras on a time switch so that they come on earlier in the morning without our having to get up!  Currently the are switched on at about 7 o'clock but as Fluffy is up and around shortly after 6 we will probably make the switching on time earlier.

Barney is still looking after Fluffy by feeding her regularly .... 

 .... but Fluffy likes to take a break from time to time.  While she is sitting on the eggs she seems to pass the time by pulling at the edges of the nest cup.  This has the effect of raising up the edges, thereby increasing the depth of the nest cup.  You can see it is quite a struggle to lever herself out.

We think that the eggs will start hatching soon.  I have predicted Sunday 2nd May as the likely date of the hatching of the first egg.  

You can see that at the end of today (Saturday 1st May) all the eggs are in one piece!