Bluetit Diary    Apr 2006 (13)

 

 

Tuesday 25th April (part2)

It's now late afternoon and Kate has come in after a gap - does she think it's time to roost for the night.

She tries to settle down - but she is a restless as ever.  She wriggles and fidgets and just can't keep still.

She nearly gets buried when she does a nesting wriggle!

She has managed to end up with a white feather on her back.

Now it's on her head!

I think it's stuck there.  She can't seem to get rid of it - not that she is trying very hard!

That's it!  She decides she can't take any more - which gives us an opportunity to see her eggs properly for the first time since the first the first day!

Kate has 5 eggs!

This means that she has been laying one egg each day since her first.

A better shot, perhaps, of Kate's eggs!  You can see the speckles on them just like those on Claire's eggs.

Kate's back quite quickly.  We think she will stay the night now.  she seems calmer too.  She must be exhausted by the frenzy of the day!