CAYSA's BIRDHOUSE CAM

The tit is having a nightmare!
It's so cute

GOOD MORNING, FRIDAY

The bluetit woke up and left

caysa wrote:It is so cute there but I want to give it a soft and warm blanket

Ophiophagus wrote:

caysa wrote:It is so cute there but I want to give it a soft and warm blanket

blue tit working hard in its new home,seems it make shaving pieces smaller

and now its sleeping

Awww, it went to bed so early
It must be nice to have a dry house to sleep in.

caysa wrote:Awww, it went to bed so early
It must be nice to have a dry house to sleep in.

but why they are not together,there are room for two,too

I hope it has to do with that they are not nesting yet. They can't start until there are bugs outside so that they can feed their babies. If they "sleep together" the babies might come too early

caysa wrote:If they "sleep together" the babies might come too early

This is how it looks from outside when the female is cleaning the house... she doesn't drop the rubbish just anywhere - she is off to a branch further away and only there she drops it. Then back again.

thanks for showing.........it is so exact

I found a long article in Swedish about Bluetits.
They form a couple but most of them are not 100% faithful
Some gene test have been done and it showed that the male had mated with other females too and of course this means that the female has sone it aswell.... Still they are a couple and the male will feed his "official" female while she layes on the eggs. He will not take part in the nest building (as Ally already told us). When the chicks are born, both will feed them.
The male will "show" the female where there is a suitable nesting place, and the female plays along (altho she most probably also knows the place - aren't we women nice to men, they are so happy when they think they found the perfect spot for a home)
So.... most probably it is the female that we see working in the nest, the male is busy defending his territory (how typical is that???)
Oh, and one funny thing from the article - Bluetits are known to sometimes have homosexual relationships - let's hope this is not that, I want to see eggs and chicks


Here is a google translated English version of the site, the bluetit song can be heard in the background.

http://translate.google.com/translate?tl=en&sourceid=ie8-activity&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ointres.se%2Fblames.htm

where is our little featherball? its so late and its not in home

AllyKass wrote:where is our little featherball? its so late and its not in home

The streaming broadcast had frozen on my computer.... Sorry!!
We were away from 2pm until just now. My first thought was also: OMG where is the bluetit??
But when I restarted the camera - there it was

Thanks for the article!
And for the videos
It's nice to see "our" little bird

garina do mar wrote:Thanks for the article!
And for the videos
It's nice to see "our" little bird

Yes, it is fascinating to follow their life. Many times little birds are just that - little birds... But to get to know them and to see them close up is so interesting!

and its sleeping in the other corner

I saw a dead tit outside today.... I hope it was not "our tit".... There are so many of them here.
But today has been a quiet day in the birdhouse..... remains to see if anyone comes for the night.

blue tit came the home

AllyKass wrote:blue tit came the home

Yes, I am happy!!!

I brought home a bag full of horse hair
You can't even imagine how much winter hair the horses had!! My intention was to just put some outside on the ground for the birds but the horse smell was too interesting for the dogs. Instead I filled a metal basket and Juha kindly hang it on a birch not far from the birdhouse.
Let's see how quickly the birds find it

Maybe some animal likes it too

To leave or not to leave..... Monday morning in the birdhouse

caysa wrote:I brought home a bag full of horse hair
You can't even imagine how much winter hair the horses had!! My intention was to just put some outside on the ground for the birds but the horse smell was too interesting for the dogs. Instead I filled a metal basket and Juha kindly hang it on a birch not far from the birdhouse.
Let's see how quickly the birds find it

I have a question. ......The blue tit will build a nest, or you will build it?

Ophiophagus wrote:

caysa wrote:I brought home a bag full of horse hair
You can't even imagine how much winter hair the horses had!! My intention was to just put some outside on the ground for the birds but the horse smell was too interesting for the dogs. Instead I filled a metal basket and Juha kindly hang it on a birch not far from the birdhouse.
Let's see how quickly the birds find it

I have a question. ......The blue tit will build a nest, or you will build it?

Hehehehe, I don't think I am very good building birds' nests
Bur I know that many birds lile to use animal hair for their nests. I have been watching all sorts of birds in the horse enclosure at Anna's house - they are so happy to find nest material there, so I thought that at least some birds might use it here too.
So many birds are are very busy here in the garden now

guess that birds will find these hairs then its right time

Here is a video where you can hear the bird (the female?) chatting and calling her partner. In the beginning you can clearly hear 2 swans flying over too
At the end the other bird came in too !!

It is bedtime in the birdhouse.
The bluetit arrived, preened itself and fluffed up and went to sleep.
Good Night!!

Quite a lot of activity in the birdhouse today