This may seem a really bizarre question, but do birds (blue-tits in this case) scent mark nest sites they are interested in?
We have just got a bird box with a camera in it, and recorded the days events so we could follow what has been happening.
There have been numerous too-ings and fro-ings by a pair of blue-tits who seem quite interested in the box. One of the birds has been lying on its belly, with wings spread out, and looks like it is rubbing itself along the bottom of the box. Is he leaving a scent or is he upto something else?:h?:
We are assumong it's the male, but we have no way of working out who's who.
We have just got a bird box with a camera in it, and recorded the days events so we could follow what has been happening.
There have been numerous too-ings and fro-ings by a pair of blue-tits who seem quite interested in the box. One of the birds has been lying on its belly, with wings spread out, and looks like it is rubbing itself along the bottom of the box. Is he leaving a scent or is he upto something else?:h?:
We are assumong it's the male, but we have no way of working out who's who.