Two’s a crowd
Jan 27th, 2008 by Chris
Here are a couple more snippets from the nestcam for you. Firstly we see the calmer of the two birds, whom Sophie has named Karma, asking the question “What’re you looking at?”
And then the exciting moment when both blue tits were in the box together. Watch closely - it wasn’t a very long moment! Seems like in the blue tit world, two’s a crowd.
You can often tell when there is a blue tit at the doorway as the light levels start fluctuating a lot. See how the more manic bird, whom Sophie has named Buzz, seems to crouch and cower as Karma stands at the door just before his/her great entrance.
That is so lovely to see! How exciting to watch their behaviour so close up. Looking forward to what happens next.
Nice video guys.
In my own box it’s always the male who crouches just before the female enters. It’s either a respect thing, or him trying to avoid getting trampled on… can’t decide
Good luck with the rest of the season!