Bluetit Diary    Feb 2024 (6)

 

 

Thursday 15th February, 2024

There are entries for both boxes today.  First we will deal with Box1.

In comes a bleutit.

He has a look around.

He examines the floor ...

 ... and then the ceiling.

Now what?

He takes another look outside ...

 ... and then again at the ceiling. 

What's this!?  She must be a female after all!  This must be the first nesting wriggle inside Box1 this year.

And then another one

Her second wriggle was a lengthy one.

What are you going to do now then?  She then leaves the nest box.

Four minutes later she is back.  Or is it her partner now?  There is often so little difference between the sexes that I have difficulty telling males from females until well into the season.

However, there is so little difference between the head feathers of this bird and the bird we saw earlier, I think it is probably the same bird.

Either way, there was nothing of interest to report.

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