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New male/old male - How can you tell??? Lonely Momma has a male!!

dzyg
15 years ago

Ok, now I am not crazy and just over reacting about my missing male situation. I really believe he was MIA for almost 5 days and maybe still is! But today we had a male Bluebird down by the nestbox! Read on and see if you think it could be a new male. Now, I had been watching the original pair for a week and a half before they started laying eggs. I would always see them together and I would always see both of them. If the female was in the nestbox, Dad sat outside watching. For all four eggs (being laid) Dad was there. If I went near the box I got scolded by both the male and the female. Then that one day as I was watching Mom just acted funny and that was when I realized I hadn't seen the male. Today was day five of not seeing him. I realized I could have missed him when watching but I really think if he had been around when I went down there he would of scolded me too, not just the mom. So today I was watching down by the nestbox and I saw a male BB. Watched them for a LONG time, lots and lots of wing waving going on by both but mostly the male. Mom would go in the nestbox, peek back out and then fly to the male who was in a tree near it, then she would go back in. She did stay in after awhile also and the male went to the nestbox at one point and peeked in. I went down during this and set some crickets out. Mom immediately went down to eat, male just watched and wing waved. When I went down there mom scolded me, the male did not. I think this is a new male but I guess I won't know for sure unless the eggs hatch and I find out if he feeds them or not, either that or if he gets her to start a new nest. What do you think?? Does wing waving happen during incubation by an established couple??

Donna

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