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Post by matt on Feb 6, 2020 17:31:05 GMT
Lovely video quality Amanda!
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Post by Amanda on Feb 6, 2020 18:45:53 GMT
Double visit from my Great Tits this morning. From start to finish on this visit the total time was 21 minutes.
The rooster is first in the box, I know this as ‘she’ has a white dot by its left eye. So the second bird in stayed in the box for 20 minutes. Would a male do this and nest wriggle too?
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Post by matt on Feb 6, 2020 19:00:21 GMT
Wow - looks like they are really keen Amanda! Great stuff  |
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Post by WildlifePaul on Feb 6, 2020 19:32:06 GMT
I think the first bird is the male Amanda, Showing normal male behaviour of looking out for female and going when she comes in.
I mean a male could be nest wriggling I have seen the male blue tits doing it, But males don't tend to spend much time in the box. Where the female does, I have never watched GTs though just going by blue tits of course.
I'm sure people like Pete could help you out on this though.
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Post by sammi on Feb 6, 2020 19:33:06 GMT
Wow Ananda what lovely footage. I have never witnessed great tit early nesting behaviour 😢😢but if they were bluetits I'd say the first bird was the male and the second the female.
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Post by karenupnorth on Feb 7, 2020 7:41:53 GMT
Lovely footage Amanda, Paul is right second bird is female, also male GTs have a broader longer black stripe down their chest as your male does. |
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Post by Amanda on Feb 7, 2020 14:16:32 GMT
Thank you all.....I thought that the one that stayed in for a long time would have been the female, it was confusing as I thought the one with the white dot on its eye is the GT that roosts at night  and it keeps the box clean. I will take a closer look tonight... Here they are this morning I have also had a visit from a blue tit in my newest box near the shed, I should have an LED light for this box in the next day or two  |
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Post by Amanda on Feb 7, 2020 17:24:34 GMT
Here is my great tit rooster, it’s a bit difficult to see as the infrared has just kicked in, but I’m sure it has a white dot on its left eye  |
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Post by sammi on Feb 7, 2020 17:53:48 GMT
I love your clear pics. I drive myself mad trying to tell my birds apart. I must admit I can't see the white dot but I'm only viewing on a small screen.
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Post by Amanda on Feb 9, 2020 19:32:24 GMT
There has been a fight in my tree box with 2 Great tits this evening. The first GT isn’t my usual rooster, no white dot by the left eye and went to sleep in a totally different place in the box. The GT to come in second was my usual rooster, with the white dot by the left eye (now named Dotty) After the fight, Dotty returns to the tree box and is now currently asleep. I’m not sure if Dotty is female or male. I did think it was a female, she has roosted in the box since November 2019 and is very clean. The video I put up the other day of the double and 20 min visits, the consensus was that Dotty was a male. Definitely Dotty with the white dot, roosts it the box at night. Is anyone as confused as me?  |
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Post by karenupnorth on Feb 10, 2020 9:37:48 GMT
Oh I wish they wouldn't fight! Dotty is definitely a male, shows typical male behavior, also has more colour then its mate and broad black stripe down chest.
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Post by Amanda on Feb 10, 2020 14:23:07 GMT
Oh I wish they wouldn't fight! Dotty is definitely a male, shows typical male behavior, also has more colour then its mate and broad black stripe down chest. I will have to rethink names  He is a clean male then, keeping the box poo free. Not seen too much of them today, it was windy this morning and snowed for the past few hours, not sticking on lower ground. I hope you missed of the awful weather yesterday Karen? It looked horrendous in Yorkshire Here is our local weather cam  |
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Post by WildlifePaul on Feb 10, 2020 16:23:14 GMT
Lucky you getting snow Amanda, The usual rain in Liverpool  hasn't been cold enough this year for us to have snow to be honest, Hopefully carrys on like that for a march nesting season. |
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Post by karenupnorth on Feb 10, 2020 18:24:41 GMT
Your lucky having a clean male, mine is a mucky beggger , he is in now all safe and dry. The weather has been horrendous here, wet windy and very cold, but still keep getting visits, but not as many like on calmer days. Really looking forward to spring |
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Post by Amanda on Feb 14, 2020 22:49:29 GMT
Romance is in the air.....quite a few double visits today  |
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Post by WildlifePaul on Feb 14, 2020 23:12:38 GMT
Looking very promising for you Amanda!
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Post by petesbox on Feb 14, 2020 23:18:09 GMT
Looking good.
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Post by suep on Feb 16, 2020 19:30:08 GMT
Beautiful clear footage Amanda. Things looking very promising for you. Wish I had a female rooster - my box is a real mess  . Your boxes and set up look worthy of any nestlings that come your way. Good luck   Sue |
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Post by Amanda on Feb 18, 2020 12:01:33 GMT
I had the most awful blue tit fight in my garage bird box this morning. I’m shocked how violent they are! They fought for over 4 minutes! Since then, there have been visits in my house and shed boxes! I wonder if there will be a rooster in any of them tonight? Here is the fight - its graphic but nature I guess  |
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Post by WildlifePaul on Feb 18, 2020 13:00:06 GMT
Horrible isn't it Amanda?
Honestly never great to watch at all.
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Post by petesbox on Feb 18, 2020 13:00:56 GMT
Wow, that was a rather vicious one.
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Post by sammi on Feb 18, 2020 13:09:32 GMT
Its awful to watch isn't it. It was like mine.You wonder how they both survive 😮
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Post by YorksherLass on Feb 18, 2020 16:13:57 GMT
I have a confession to make to Amanda & everyone else who posts videos of blue tits fighting.  I watched the first one uploaded a while ago of a big fight & like you all - I was very upset to see how awful they are!  Since then, I don't watch them anymore as I decided to "bury my head in the sand" instead. |
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Post by Amanda on Feb 18, 2020 17:58:17 GMT
I have a confession to make to Amanda & everyone else who posts videos of blue tits fighting. I watched the first one uploaded a while ago of a big fight & like you all - I was very upset to see how awful they are! Since then, I don't watch them anymore as I decided to "bury my head in the sand" instead. I’m sorry it has upset you I know what you mean though......I haven’t stopped thinking about it all day. I’m still shocked at the intensity and duration. Thankfully I have a rooster in the box all tucked up.......I just don’t know who it is! I hope I don’t have any more fights, I have 2 other boxes empty! |
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Post by Amanda on Feb 19, 2020 8:06:34 GMT
I’ve had another huge fight in my garage box this morning Probably longer than yesterday. Will this be males? |
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and it keeps the box clean. I will take a closer look tonight...
He is a clean male then, keeping the box poo free.
hasn't been cold enough this year for us to have snow to be honest, Hopefully carrys on like that for a march nesting season.
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Since then, I don't watch them anymore as I decided to "bury my head in the sand" instead.