Uh-oh!

The nest box had a five-minute visit this morning...

(no lights on in the box at this point - I *must* get up earlier!)

The male enters the nest box first, followed ten seconds later by the female. The male is the one crouched down.

The male remains crouched down while the female looks outside

The male exits, leaving the female alone

He's back again! I guess they like the place, then!
And he's gone again! The female thinks the camera looks interesting...
...and so goes for an extreme close-up...

...before going back down to the floor and performing a nesting wriggle. She likes the nest box!

Uh-oh! Another extreme close-up. This time she knocks the camera slightly out of focus
We can still see enough, though! Phew! This is the female again. She has just exited the box and returned with a caterpillar.

Yummy! She eats it (and she then did another nesting wriggle)

Not again! She has another good look at the camera...

...and leaves us with this:


A slight alteration to the camera is needed, I think! We need to remove the lid, focus the camera, and then see if the camera can be locked into position.

Next time, the lights will be on (and at the correct level!), and the camera will be in focus.

Honest!


Update:



The focus lock screw has been tightened and the camera has been re-focused. Hopefully we haven't scared the Great Tits off!