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nest box saga
Much to my surprise, we now seem to have co-habiting birds.
Both blue tit parents are now visiting the box regularly and caterpillars are being delivered in a steady supply. I don't know which is the male and which is the female - blue tits all look alike to me - but one of them is *very* scruffy.
I heard the babies tweeting while I was working in the garden today, so I know they're okay.
Maybe there's something in the bird mindset that say "More eyes to watch for predators". After all, by the time the great tits have hatched eggs, the blue tits will have already fledged, so they're not direcly competing.
I just wish I knew if this is something that often happens. Most nest boxes are single nest size, so you never normally get something like this. I wonder what would happen if more garden nest boxes were larger? (this one is a three hole box for sparrows)
Both blue tit parents are now visiting the box regularly and caterpillars are being delivered in a steady supply. I don't know which is the male and which is the female - blue tits all look alike to me - but one of them is *very* scruffy.
I heard the babies tweeting while I was working in the garden today, so I know they're okay.
Maybe there's something in the bird mindset that say "More eyes to watch for predators". After all, by the time the great tits have hatched eggs, the blue tits will have already fledged, so they're not direcly competing.
I just wish I knew if this is something that often happens. Most nest boxes are single nest size, so you never normally get something like this. I wonder what would happen if more garden nest boxes were larger? (this one is a three hole box for sparrows)