Early in the morning, Ms. Great Tit felt unobserved
05:25 She leaves the box
Here we go ... 8 eggs
... and back
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 5th, 2020, 1:53 pm
by Biker
ui, she very good hide the eggs
thanks Shanta and IceAge
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 5th, 2020, 5:00 pm
by Carla
wow!!!
now she is gone and I do not see anny egg !!
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 5th, 2020, 9:04 pm
by IceAge
Shanta, thanks you .
The great tit is a *Master of camouflage*
Good night
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 6th, 2020, 7:59 am
by IceAge
May 06.
Good morning,
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 6th, 2020, 2:45 pm
by IceAge
16:14
The eggs are still uncovered.
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 6th, 2020, 3:00 pm
by Moira
IceAge
Nine eggs, is it?
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 6th, 2020, 4:22 pm
by IceAge
Moira , yes nine eggs are there, but they are uncovered for a long time. I hope mom comes back soon.
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 6th, 2020, 6:21 pm
by Moira
She's still not there.
Oh, she had me worried.
19.14 - the tit is back
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 6th, 2020, 11:32 pm
by IceAge
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 7th, 2020, 7:38 am
by IceAge
May 07.
Good morning
It looks like very cozy.
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 7th, 2020, 7:52 am
by 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
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 7th, 2020, 8:59 am
by asteria
Starling! Go away to the nest of your own!!!
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 7th, 2020, 9:13 am
by 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.
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 7th, 2020, 10:21 am
by Shanta
Felis, hopefully the hole is too small
Looks like the female started incubating
She is out
and back again
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 7th, 2020, 5:35 pm
by IceAge
Felis,I remember the starling camera, where two different starlings always removed the other's eggs.
Ultimately there was no brood.
Shanta .
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 7th, 2020, 11:20 pm
by IceAge
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 8th, 2020, 7:44 am
by IceAge
May 08.
Good morning,
Re: Great Tit Nestbox on Saaremaa 2020
Posted: May 8th, 2020, 8:00 am
by 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.
Good morning!
