Bluetit Diary    Feb 2011 (13)

 

 

Saturday 26th February, 2011 (cont)

It is over a minute before the male comes back.  The female is still inside the box.

He flies down to the hole ...

... but doesn't get welcomed at all!

So he flies off again.

The female doesn't seem perturbed at all in spite of all that has happened today.  Here she is doing a bit of preening.  Her coiffure must have been upset by the spot of bother she had earlier!

The male is back!

Go away!

Again, he flies off.

The female does a celebratory nesting wriggle.

Over the next few minutes the male keeps returning but he is put off by the female's reaction and doesn't go into the box.

Finally, when he returns, he finds the female has stopped spitting fury at him.

Why is she so quiet this time?