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Jan 27th, 2008 by sophie

As Chris has said Karma is the calmer of the two birds and Buzz the more energetic. You can also tell them apart by their facial markings: Karma has a smaller white triangle patch above the eyes and wider eye stripes and Buzz has a larger white triangle and narrower eye stripes. No idea which is the male and which the female. Can anyone enlighten us? Otherwise time will tell.

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2 Responses to “Who’s who?”

  1. on 01 Feb 2008 at 7:00 pm1The Black Rabbit

    Great site. Unfortunately I am at work right now and cannot view your videos. (I’ll have a look when I get home).
    If you are in doubt as to the gender of each bird, ie if Karma is the han or the cock, then you COULD visit my site (or my youtube channel – see link on Blue-Grey) which shows very well documented sexual behaviour in Blue Tits prospaecting a nest box.

    In a nut shell though, if both birds are in the box together (BEFORE the nest building starts) , the female will ofen hiss at the male and the male will leave the box immediately, and let the female have a wee lokk about and leave a few seconds later.

    Generally the male finds the box, lures the female inside, she comes in, tells him to get lost, he leaves, she leaves. This is repeated in a daily fashion in our box at present!

    Hope that helps. (Bit difficult when I can’t see the videos!)

  2. on 03 Feb 2008 at 7:28 pm2The Black Rabbit

    Well, after looking at your video with BOTH birds in the box, your first bird (the cowering bird) is the Male.
    The second to enter is the female.
    Almost certainly.

    Hope THAT helps?!

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