Unconfirmed reports were saying that more Blue Tits have been showing interest in our box last week, and this morning I caught a brief glimpse of one bird perched on the hole. I set the camera up to shoot ninety minutes of footage to skim through at 8x, and at 9:35am struck gold. The following three minute footage has had about 60 seconds of Blue Tit free time edited out.
I was doing jobs around the house, and didn't see the action until I was whizzing through the replay. I must confess to being very over excited - I think this project is going to work! The presence of the partner bird in the final few seconds of the clip must mean things are getting serious.
According to everything I've read, I think we still have two and a half weeks before they start building the nest. One final point of interest, the first tit on the extended visit can be seen playing close attention to the integrity of the entrance hole. Any birds that use a nest box are vulnerable to a woodpecker or squirrel enlarging the holed to get the young out. Rest assured our box has had a metal plate screwed on the outside - any Blue Tit family will be safe from that threat at least!
I was doing jobs around the house, and didn't see the action until I was whizzing through the replay. I must confess to being very over excited - I think this project is going to work! The presence of the partner bird in the final few seconds of the clip must mean things are getting serious.
According to everything I've read, I think we still have two and a half weeks before they start building the nest. One final point of interest, the first tit on the extended visit can be seen playing close attention to the integrity of the entrance hole. Any birds that use a nest box are vulnerable to a woodpecker or squirrel enlarging the holed to get the young out. Rest assured our box has had a metal plate screwed on the outside - any Blue Tit family will be safe from that threat at least!
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