Starlings in the nest box on Saaremaa

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Trine wrote: 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 :laugh:
Thank you Trine :thumbs: will read and hope can understand what translator tells me.

:hi: IceAge! What a curious day yesterday :nod:
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Shanta wrote:will read and hope can understand what translator tells me.
I suppose it will be published in other languanges quite soon.
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Now there is one more story about the yesterday´s events: http://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/1272
The interpretation is slightly different: the bird who removed the eggs was male (not female, as in the previous story). They refer to brood parasitism (the females who laid the eggs wanted someone else to bring up their offspring).
It is complicated :nod:

If I understood correctly, the story still implies three females and one male: two females with plans to practice brood parasitism + a decent couple of nest owners who are still planning to start a family.
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Trine in this box all is complicated :nod:


Seems the talking female now blocks the box, so nobody can come in :mrgreen:
For 2 or 3 times a starling came in and she always is the winner
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15:31

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Only a short report from today.
In the morning male brought several times nestmaterial, talking female sometimes followed him.
Then talking female decided to stay in the box for a longer time, seems now she blocks it. If she leaves the box for some minutes, sometimes male comes with nestmaterial till talking female comes back.
Have seen several attacks against her, but sadly not much to see who comes in. Maybe it was the male with material, I don't know. It's hard to under stand all :nod:

15:47 One of the attacks


11:08 male with nestmaterial
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13:50 Too much resting makes tired
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14:41 male with nestmaterial
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Ha, just now the same.
Talking female was out for some minutes and male started to brings nestmaterial and with 4. times she has got him

16:37 male brings nestmaterial
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17:00


17:04 Talking female left the box and till now nothing to see
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April 28

The soap opera goes on

10:02 Strange female (maybe from yesterday) lays an egg
10:05 Male comes and chases her out. He comes back and ... egg has gone

His favourite female comes in and lays an egg

Egg is still there, more later

oh, talking female just comes in ... she picks at it

:shock: she takes the egg out :faint: :faint:
that was always my fear
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Thank you, Shanta. That's all really curios.

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Something is definitely going wrong in this nest. Since last year, when the clutch of great tits was robbed.
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IceAge wrote:Thank you, Shanta. That's all really curios.
Oh, such little birds are so stressed. This situation is not good for a clutch, so pity. :bow:
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asteria wrote:Something is definitely going wrong in this nest. Since last year, when the clutch of great tits was robbed.
:hi: asteria
Yes, definitily ... maybe something wrong is written at the door :whistling:


Sadly it's very late for short report, but better late than never
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08:48 singing male comes, ininvites female with his songs but she don't come and he flies out.
08:49 Favourite female comes in, homework, checks the box and out
He comes in with nestmaterial few times
09:15 Male with nestmaterial and singing, someone was at the window
09:16 out
09:22 male with nestmaterial, homework and out. Back in box and out.
09:23 back
09:25 out
09:26 Talking female comes in, male sings outside
09:28 out
10:01 Strange female comes in, someone else is at the window for short. Male singing outside
10:02 Again someone is at the window, female lays egg
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Female defends with noises

10:05 Male comes in, chased strange female out and removes egg
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10:05 Male again comes in singing, favourite female follows
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10:08 Female out
10:09 Female (not sure if favourite) in and out
10:10 Female (not sure if favourite) in and out with nestmaterial
10:16 Male comes with nestmaterial and out
10:17 Talking female comes
10:18 out
10:20 male brings nestmaterial and out
It was an in and out
10:45 Favourite female comes in and lays an egg
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10:45
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10:53 Female sits in the window
10:58 Male comes, she out and male in with nestmaterial. He looks at the egg, unsure what to do, 4 times to the window and back to egg.
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11:00 male out
11:01 Talking female comes in, picks the egg.
Male comes in and chased her out



11:02 Male back, rolls egg around and out
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11:05 Talking female is back and removes egg from starlingpair :cry:
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11:07 Talking female comes in and out
11:08 Talking female back, controlls every "corner" (maybe she looks for more eggs)
11:25 Male comes with nestmaterial, defends window and out

Now without time or pics
Favourite female comes in for a check, but her egg has gone. Male many times with nestmaterial and talking female was for a long time in nestbox.
It's a pity, even if talking female would lay an egg ... don't believe male would accept it.

A video (sadly it stucks a bit) from 19:37 ... again male tries to chase talking female out

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One egg alone. Nobody incubates it. :cry:
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Yes, a new egg.

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