Starlings in the nest box on Saaremaa

[Shanta]

Not sure what's going up there ...
11:26 Starling comes in and seems it was not happy about the egg ......




my PC crashed

[Shanta]

I'm just in time back ...
11:32 Starling male takes the egg an left box




So it was a strange female with the egg and now the male and owner of the box came back and saw an egg ... and off it goes

11:33


Male was back few times for homework

[Shanta]

What is now ... Cam maybe not longer live?

Seems same procedere to lay the first egg

... nooo, there is a new scene ,seems we are live

so we have again an egg in the box

11:58 Female and again egg in the box. She defends the window

[Shanta]

Little by little I get crazy ... understand nothing and have to go but now I can't go

Review what I've seen in the morning, so far I had time to observe.
06:03 Talking female (with dark beak) was in the box, resting and preening

06:38 Females leaves box
07:36 Male (but now unsure) comes in and out

07:37 Talking female in and out
07:38 Talking female back, resting and homework
07:41 Female flies out
08:01 Male comes with nestmaterial and out
08:33 Talking female in box, resting, homework and preening for a long time
08:43 Female leaves box
09:40 Someone is at the window but don't comes in
09:42 The same, saw only a beak
10:41 Action in the box

[Shanta]

Female leaves the box and an egg is there and now I'm sure this is another egg
Edit: mean no rewind and all is live

12:09

[IceAge]

12:14

The starling flew out and a saw the egg.

[Shanta]

IceAge!

I wonder what is going up in the box. Now take a rest for few minutes, must clean my brain

[IceAge]

Shanta .

12:25

The egg is gone . There is *war*.

[Shanta]

Just came back IceAge

... but was recording

I can't believe all


12:25 Starling again removes egg from box

[IceAge]

Conclusion: 2 eggs were removed.

[Shanta]

Netmaster

I have not seen how the female comes in the box at short before 11:58. Please can you check if maybe female comes back with the egg?
Can not believe she can lay two eggs in such a short time ... or maybe it's another female

[IceAge]

15:32

[venegor]

There are no eggs in the birdhouse

[IceAge]

20:36

A lot of sounds and activity to hear, but nothing to see.

[Shanta]

What a day and after all it was not over but had no time to post earlier.
Now here the report, pics and maybe videos will insert tomorrow.

12:38 Starling in and out
12:41 Starling for homework and out
15:04 Starling at the window
15:08 Starling comes in, homework and out
15:30 Male sings outside
15:31 It comes in, homework
15:32 out
15:58 Starling in and out
16:06 Starling (think male) comes, homework
16:07/08 Male leaves box and sings outside
16:09 Back in box, homework and looking out of window
16:12 out
16:57 Male comes in
16:58 out
17:35 Starling in, homework
17:36 out
17:37 in
17:38 out
18:01 Talking female comes, resting, homework, preening, male sings outside. Female is tiered and takes a nap, suddenly a starling (think male comes in and talking female flies out, the other one after it. Seconds later talking female comes back, short rest, homework and fall asleep. Can hear outside the male


18:15 Lady wakes up, a long preening and fall asleep again

18:18 She wakes up and again preening, resting in front of window, often a look out off it, male sings outside, she leaves the place, preening again

[Shanta]

18:55 Attack, suddenly a starling comes in, a short fight



and this time talking female is the winner


18:57 Female sleeps in front of window


19:01 she wakes up and sits in the window
19:02 Talking female leaves the box
19:27 Talking female back, homeworks
19:28 out with nestmaterial

[Shanta]

19:30 male in with nestmaterial and out
19:31 Talking female in, homework preening, resting


19:33 out
19:43 Male with nestmaterial and out
19:43 Talking female in and out with a piece of material


19:49 starling in and out, was not happy and calls outside
20:01 male with material in, homework and out
20:04 male in with material and out


20:06 same
20:07 same
20:13 same


20:14 same
20:16 same
20:19 same
20:20 someone at window but don't comes in
20:23 for short see a beak, seems like talking female, a motorbike comes and it's loud, bird flies off
20:28 Talking female comes, homework
20:29 out with piece of material

Talking female was the winner in the fight between the females (old topic: viewtopic.php?p=518811#p518811 ) and now she feels like Lady of this home. Sadly male don't wont her, and he tries to chase her out of the box. Would be easier for him and us if he change his mind ... because don't want know what happens if his favourite female enters box and lays an egg. The female with egg(s) can't remember have seen her before:puzzled: .
I ask myself wether we generally a brood in this season will see.

[IceAge]

April 27.

Thank you very much, Shanta .

At the moment is nothing to see and to hear.

08:59

Starling comes in for a short visit.

[Trine]

Story of these events on the first page: http://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/1269
Conclusion: there must have been three females and one male. "Love quadrangle", says the author

[IceAge]

09:04 starling inside and making a nest bowl.