Bluetit Diary    Apr 2011 (15)

 

 

Friday 29th April, 2011

All three females are incubating at the moment, so nothing much is happening.

In Box1, the other female appears to have accepted her lot and Amy seems to be in control.  She was the latest of the three to start incubating and so we don't expect her eggs, or perhaps I should say, the eggs she is sitting on, to start hatching until around 6th May.

However, bearing in mind the history of the start of incubation here, it is difficult to predict when the chicks might start hatching out.

The situation in Box2 is more clear cut.  Joy started incubating on 19th or perhaps 20th April, so we expect her chicks to start hatching around 2nd May.

Box3 is similarly fairly clear.  Zoe started incubating the eggs on 22nd April, so her eggs should start hatching about 4th May.

The first week in May is going to be a busy period then!  Unfortunately, I shall be out over the bank holiday weekend so I will not be able to bring you an update until May 3rd!