Bluetit Diary    Apr 2009 (14)

 

 

Friday 24th April, 2009

Bella has now settled down to the business of incubation.  She seems to leave the nest box quite frequently, but only for short periods.

Bertie continues to bring food to her fairly often and shows signs of being a good dad!

Fay has found a source of white fluffy stuff - she already keeps her eggs well covered.  Why does she make life so difficult for us?

Another beakful of white stuff.  Where on earth does this lot come from?

Bertie brings more food for Bella.

And again.  This time you can see it's another half mealworm.

At last Fay has slipped up and we can see two of her eggs.

Her first egg was laid on Wednesday, i.e. two days ago, so by this time I would expect her to have three.

As usual with Fay, we will have to wait and see!