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Tuesday 29 January 2013

Wing flapping

Wing flapping



It seems to mean many things. The male does this when in his newly found nest box as in the video above. The female does this when demanding food as part of the mating and it also seems to reinforce the bonds between male and female. It is also used practically when the female is sitting on the nest and requires food. 

The young also use it when newly fledged to indicate they want feeding.

I'm guessing it is a general signal and as the ideas communicated between birds ( food, sex, territory and alarm) are fairly basic and the signal need not be complicated. I am willing to be proved wrong on this by the way, I just don't think they have the time or brain capacity for anything else apart from basic survival stuff.



Great Tit chick doing the shaking wing thing. The parent is on the feeder below
 


Sunday 27 January 2013

More early visitors



More early visitors in 2013




Saturday 26 January 2013

More blue tits


More investigations from Blue Tits, but still a bit early. Maybe they are looking for a roost?







Thursday 24 January 2013

Blue Tits exploring box


Blue Tits exploring the pavo 700 tvl birdbox


still image from footage

Friday 18 January 2013

Snow visitors

Tamping down the snow and spreading some food out for the ground feeders certainly helped
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Monday 14 January 2013

Early Visitors




A few early visitors to the boxes - blue tits and great tits. Have not even had time to set up a proper camera