Birds are in the west nestbox this year thankfully, one less thing to worry about with a new male and an older female who got a wee bit beat up earlier this year (more on that later when I have more time - and yes, she's fine, no worries). Smiley didn't seem to much like the nestledge, liked the nestbox but he has atrocious manners - he poops in the box and has yet to figure out how to make a scrape, which is unusual in my experience with males. Actually Smiley's an unusual character all the way around - more too on that later when I have more time
But you want details, okay ... look for a hatch date at the end of May/beginning of June - I'm inclined to think beginning of June though. That would put banding late June, fledging in the second half of July. Both CBC and Eye-Spy are knee-deep in upgrades to the computer hardware/software (XP related) but we are still hoping everything will be in place to go live at least a week before the eggs hatch.
