Your Camera Nest boxes

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

Please note this warning that I posted before. It seems to happen often and is particularly distressing for children:

Bird box with in built camera

I hope it doesn't happen with yours.

Jim

true - although if it does its an opportunity to explain to the children that nature is like that (age 4 may be a little young for a full explanation tho this is obviously up to parental judgement.)

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by eeyore

true - although if it does its an opportunity to explain to the children that nature is like that (age 4 may be a little young for a full explanation tho this is obviously up to parental judgement.

It's difficult to be objectively cold-blooded about it when you see it in action. It was quite pitiful to see a starving youngster being towered over by its siblings, and ignored by the parents. You see this happening over a few days and begin to wish it would be over with!

Jim

[hobble]

Very serious incubation happening now as the mother bird is sitting on her eggs all day and night. She has 6 eggs and I think that the father bird is shirking a little on bringing her food.
I hope he will be more helpful if they hatch!!

[barquar]

Originally Posted by hobble

Very serious incubation happening now as the mother bird is sitting on her eggs all day and night. She has 6 eggs and I think that the father bird is shirking a little on bringing her food.
I hope he will be more helpful if they hatch!!

Great news hope all goes well for her as I havent seen Many bluetits about in my garden,even the next door neighbours nest box was visited by a bluetit but sadly it hasnt been seen for a while.The box of my Neighbours has been used for years but not this year.
The only regular visit is a coaltit feeding franticly every day but not nesting in my garden..
Barquar

[camo]

Our BT did everything she could to hide her eggs from us however we did eventually get a good look at her now 8 eggs. Today she started incubating them however I am not convinced the male is working very hard, I guess we will see over the weekend just how attentitive he is. Roy

[hobble]

Congratulations Camo on your 8 eggs, keep us posted.
Our mother great tit is not fed that much by her partner, which is why I think she has laid only 6 eggs.
She has been sitting fast now for days and seems very cosy.
It has poured with rain here all fri night and well into sat night so at least she is keeping dry.
As I have said before it is great as if I watch TV, I skip the ads now to look at the box!!
Although now the TV is on all the time I am in so we do not miss any action.

[hobble]

3 eggs have hatched this morning, I couldn't believe my eyes, so happy to have the morning off work.
It is absolutely fascinating.

[camo]

Well done Hobble

How long did they take to hatch? My Blue Tit laid another egg so I think she has 9 but she is sitting tight now so I can't see them.

Roy

[hobble]

She sat on them seriously for about 2 weeks, we still have four birds hatched and two eggs.
I hope your eggs are ok, won't be long now!!

[hobble]

Update:
We have 3 babies and two un-hatched eggs. It is incredible watching them being fed. I became very alarmed this evening when one baby had an enormous grub shoved into it's mouth, it looked like a balloon and I thought it would suffocate but down it went!
Still fascinating and i am amazed at their dedication and tenderness.