Bluetit Diary    Jan 2005 (3)

 

 

Thursday 6th January, 2005

The odd faced bird was back again today and this time I managed to collect some pictures of it inside the nest box.

Here is a bird going into Box2.  

This is clearly the odd faced bird.  It's probably too early to risk naming it yet - particularly as I am not sure what sex it is!

My guess would be that it is a macho male....!

Another visitor to Box1 - this bird has a wide head band.  Does that mean it's male too?

That would not be too surprising as the accepted theory is the male finds the potential nest site and persuades the female to build a nest in it.

Definitely a wide head band.

Back to Box2, the time is now 11:03 and Oddface is back for another look.

It's not just his face, but he appears to have a white patch on his shoulder.

Twenty seconds later, while Oddface is still inside, another very smart looking bird comes to perch on the hole.  Let's hope that this is the start of a relationship!