Blue tit questions
Dave wrote:
Good luck. I am still waiting for a rooster to occupy my new box which now
has a colour camera inside. I bought one of these and would thoroughly
recommend it.
Be warned - having a camera in a nest box can be very stressful!
I've put cameras in boxes and it's very exiting when a bird starts to
build a nest and lay eggs. The problems come when the eggs hatch and
there's a chick that's a little smaller than the rest. Over a few days
you see it struggling to get food, but is unable to compete with its
siblings. It's distressing to see it get weaker, with the adults not
being concerned, and eventually it goes missing because it's died and
the adults have disposed of it.
Jim Ford
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