{"id":1967,"date":"2018-04-24T18:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T18:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2018-04-24T18:10:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T18:10:57","slug":"blue-tit-checking-out-the-nest-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/blue-tit-checking-out-the-nest-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Tit Checking Out the Nest Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s just a few photos of a Blue Tit checking out one of the nest boxes we have in the garden.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sping Blue Tit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/41673910981\/in\/album-72157666154254107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/971\/41673910981_6b65033a93_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sping Blue Tit\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It spent a bit of time having a look round the hole and pecking at the edges. I don&#8217;t know if this was to check out how strong it was, or getting a few tiny insects or to smooth off a few of the edges. Or perhaps so it can say to its mate &#8220;Look what I have just made for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sping Blue Tit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/40784137115\/in\/album-72157666154254107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/907\/40784137115_723e43e444_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sping Blue Tit\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I imagine it is quite dark in there when your body blocks off the only source of light.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sping Blue Tit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/40784136835\/in\/album-72157666154254107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/827\/40784136835_344aca713d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sping Blue Tit\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope the view is acceptable.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sping Blue Tit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/40784137745\/in\/album-72157666154254107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/905\/40784137745_e6855b2cd2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sping Blue Tit\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a nice step to help with the climb out.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sping Blue Tit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/40784138245\/in\/album-72157666154254107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/980\/40784138245_9b4aa2bc1e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sping Blue Tit\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And plenty of branches around to perch on.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if I will see this bird later in the spring, looking rather frazzled, as it flies back and forth feeding young in the box.<\/p>\n<p>As usual you can click on any of the images to see them larger on flickr. There are also a couple of others in the album on flickr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s just a few photos of a Blue Tit checking out one of the nest boxes we have in the garden. It spent a bit of time having a look round the hole and pecking at the edges. 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