Bluetit Diary    Feb 2008 (12)

 

 

Tuesday 26th February, 2008

Box3 continues to get some attention from a bluetit.  This was just a passing visit though - he didn't enter the box.

Fifty minutes later he's back for another look.

He looks as though he's going inside this time.

That's a good sign - he's gone into the box again.

He inspects the camera ...

... and leaves soon after.

Not a long visit, but at least he seems to be getting more used to the box.

Over at Box1, the great tits seem to be in a great confusion about who is a friend and who an enemy - either that or there is more than one great tit pair trying to take over the box!

You don't expect a bird to give this sort of display to its partner!

A quarter of an hour later, this great tit is displaying again.

As the bird outside is a bluetit, this behaviour is more understandable.

This time it's a great tit again ...

... but it still gets the same treatment!

Do we have a neurotic great tit that cannot distinguish its partner from a bluetit, or are there two pairs of great tits after the box as a nesting site?