Bluetit Diary    Apr 2008 (5)

 

 

Saturday 12th April, 2008

Abby is still bringing more moss to her nest box ...

... though sometimes she doesn't seem quite sure what to do with it!

No, perhaps not.  Eventually, she decides to leave it inside.

Over in Box2, Joe appears to be learning what a good partner should be doing for his bird.  He appears to have a mealworm in his beak.

To begin with, Sally doesn't seem to want to know ...

... but she soon has second thoughts.  Perhaps she has seen it's a mealworm that he is carrying!

She leans towards him ...

... and takes the mealworm.

Now it is Joe's turn to be contrary.  We have often seen this before - the novice male appears to be reluctant to let his partner have the food he has brought her.

Fortunately, this feeling doesn't normally persist and most males are soon too busy to care!

Anyway, Sally ends up with the mealworm and Joe departs at high speed - so quickly that the system did not record it!