Nest building continues: mainly grass now

Lots of rain this afternoon but nest building continues. While the female brings in the material, the male is usually near the nest box jumping around nervously. In the morning it was still mainly moss that was brought in but this afternoon that changed to grass.

In the video below it is funny to see how wet the male is from the pouring rain. Look at his crest! While he goes in to check the nest he gets almost overrun by the female who is very busy building the nest! I have seen this several times today.

23 April 2012 2:05pm

…and here the same thing happens again. But now she literally jumps on top of him!

23 April 2012 1:33pm

…and here the last bit of nest building action of the day:

23 April 2012 4:59pm