Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Blue Tit Update
It looks as if they have decided not to take up residence in the nesting box after all. We have seen them about but not anywhere near the box. I suspect that our increased use of the garden in the warm weather has put them off, or it could have been the close proximity of a lot of noisy sparrows. Hopefully we will continue to see them about, they are beautiful and fascinating little birds.
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That's a shame! That happened to me last year, thought I had something nesting in my bird house, but then it left. I do agree with you, I think the sparrows scare them off.
I thought I was going to have some chickadees nesting in my roses, because they've been fluttering all in them and tweeting furiously. I finally realized yesterday that they are furiously pulling apart the pantyhose and trouser socks I use to tie the roses up - and making off with bits of them for nesting. I was a bit disappointed at first, but it is pretty funny to watch them try to tear up the hose.
I think Blue tits have a bit of a reputation for starting a nest then moving to another one.
Perhaps the Chickadees have a developed fashion sense :)
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