Bluetit Diary    Apr 2015 (8)

 

 

Friday 24th April, 2015 (cont)

Box3 appears to have 7 eggs here.  Since the first one was laid on 17th April, either Sally has skipped a day, or she stopped laying yesterday.

Back in Box2, both Rosie and Suzie are sitting on the eggs.  It looks as though Suzie is on top and Rosie underneath.  All you can see of Rosie is her tail!

Both Rosie and Suzie do a little housekeeping!

Sometimes when the second female enters the box, the other female thinks it is Pete with some food for her.

It doesn't look like that this time!

Our two females appear to be getting used to each other's presence.  There are some quite long periods when they both sit on the eggs quite happily.

This time it is Pete with some food!

A feed for Meg in Box1 too.

Box1 appears to have 4 eggs, so probably one has been laid each day since Tuesday 21st April.

Box3 now has 7 eggs so presumably egg laying has stopped.

At the end of the day, Meg is roosting in Box1.

Another shot of Box1 last thing.