Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020

[Shanta]

Good morning!

Early in the morning, Ms. Great Tit felt unobserved
05:25 She leaves the box


Here we go ... 8 eggs


... and back

[Biker]

ui, she very good hide the eggs
thanks Shanta and IceAge

[Carla]

wow!!!
now she is gone and I do not see anny egg !!

[IceAge]

Shanta, thanks you .

The great tit is a *Master of camouflage*

Good night

[IceAge]

May 06.

Good morning,

[IceAge]

16:14
The eggs are still uncovered.

[Moira]

IceAge

Nine eggs, is it?

[IceAge]

Moira , yes nine eggs are there, but they are uncovered for a long time. I hope mom comes back soon.

[Moira]

She's still not there.

Oh, she had me worried.
19.14 - the tit is back

[IceAge]

[IceAge]

May 07.

Good morning



It looks like very cozy.

[Shanta]

Good morning all!

05:47 Someone is at the entry hole, female is not happy and hissing



Today we have 10 eggs


07:17 Female is out, it seems a starling is checking the box


07:47 The Starling again, sadly we can't see the window

[asteria]

Starling! Go away to the nest of your own!!!

[Felis silvestris]

I think the hole is too small for the starling to get in. A starling tried to get in also in the beginning of the transmission season.

[Shanta]

Felis, hopefully the hole is too small


Looks like the female started incubating


She is out


and back again

[IceAge]

Felis,I remember the starling camera, where two different starlings always removed the other's eggs.
Ultimately there was no brood.

Shanta .

[IceAge]

[IceAge]

May 08.

Good morning,

[Felis silvestris]

Good morning!

The starling tried to have a look again, but it really seems the hole is too small.
I think this is a newly made nest box at the old place, because the noises one sometimes can hear from outside seem to be the same. In the old box we had a lot of drama over the years, great tit sleeping inside and starting to lay eggs, wryneck throwing them all out, woodpecker making the hole bigger and wintering inside, starlings fighting and throwing out eggs, but also raising their chicks and last year chicks being taken out by a marten. I hope this great tit will have a peaceful nesting time inside and all her chicks leave the nest in due course of time.

[IceAge]

The nest is complete and incubation begins.