To check who is flying in and out, I thought it would be interesting to temporarily turn the camera towards the opening of the box. Of course I need to take great care not to disturb the birds. I know that in the late afternoon there is usually not much going on in the box and as an extra check I can use the built-in microphone of the camera to listen if there is anything moving in the box.
When I was sure there was no bird inside the box, I went to the garden with the intention to open the box quickly and turn the camera. But when I approached the box, I immediately heard the alarm call of a blue tit. It was in perched in some bushes, just about 3 meters from the bird box. I thought this could be the same bird that uses the box and decided not to open the box at this moment because it might scare him to visit the box later. However, I did peek through the opening of the box for a few seconds.
Then I went back inside my flat and noticed that my PC had made a recording. It turned out that the blue tit had entered the bird box within less than one minute after I left! It is as if he wanted to check if everything was still allright! See the video below
Some time later I went back to the garden again. At that time the bird was not around, or at least I didn't see it nor did I hear any alarm calls. I then quickly opened the box and turned the camera. Let's see if this gives me some interesting images....
By the way, I have now also discovered where the bird is roosting inside the box outside the view of the camera. He is probably sitting on the cable that leads to the camera! This will remain out of view.
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