Male posturing

Today I captured some images of a male posturing in the entrance of the bird box, but unfortunately most of it is outside the camera view.

The bird enters the box, looks around and then perches in the opening of the box. Unfortunately at this point you can only see its tail and part of the wings, but you can still see male posturing (starting at 0:31), fanning his tail and spreading his wings slightly.

However, the bird box has still not been claimed by one specific bird. In the afternoon I captured images of another male in the box. I was home when these images were recorded and I could see from my window that this male was posturing in the same way (outside the box). He was together with another bird, presumably a female, but she did not enter.

In the video you can see the bird calling (to the female?) but unfortunately I have no sound in this video. The software that I use for automatic recording triggered by motion detection doesn’t record the sound properly. If I want sound I need to start the recording manually. Still, you can clearly see that the bird is calling and this is the first time that I have captured this on video.

My understanding is that the male is supposed to call the female trying to lure her into the nest site. Hopefully I will catch a successful attempt soon!