Month: May 2017

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Live Stream running again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FppwAtoVjMU

I wil stop and start the live stream from time to time so that it is viewable in sensible lengthen chunks if for any reason you want to go back and look at something again.  I will post some videos of what happened overnight later if I get the chance.

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Incubating Eggs (Day 7)

Life has been rather hectic, so videos collected in the last few days are sitting unused.

6 eggs have been laid and the blue-tit (named Lilly by my niece Sophie) has been sitting on them most of the time since.  We would expect to see hatching from the middle to the end of next week – possibly at the weekend.

We have seen the male around and occasionally he comes into the box.  Courtship feeding is taking place and they are seen out of the box together when she is out feeding.

Yesterday I had a few minutes to have a look at improving the camera set up and took some HD video.  You can get a sense for how deep the nest is when she turns upside down and inspects/moves around her eggs.

I have taken the live stream down so that I can get better quality video in the short term – before too long, time permitting, I am hoping to be able to stream HD to the internet and record it too soon and later in the year build a new box which will allow HD and colour.