Babe had a nasty shock today - or was it just a normal part of a great tit's
nesting scenario?
 It
all started at about half past eleven, when a starling decided to
investigate box 1 again. Perhaps it had noticed that the entrance hole
looked bigger?
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 It
perched on the top and had a good look around.
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 Suddenly,
in charged Babe, chasing the starling away.
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 All
these pictures were taken less than a second apart and it was this one that
alerted me to the fact that something odd was happening. This was not
Babe's normal approach to her nest box!
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 As
she entered the box, the starling must have circled round and approached the
entrance hole again.
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 This
must have looked pretty fearsome from inside, but it interesting to see that
the starling did not perch on the entrance hole at all during this sequence.
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 At
the same time as the picture above was taken, Babe was displaying from
inside the box.
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 Her
wing feathers were continually on the go, being raised or lowered according
to the threat that the starling presented.
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