Great Crested Flycatcher Lays 5th Egg in Owl Nest Box

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Great Crested Flycatcher nesting in the Screech Owl Nest Box laid the fifth egg yesterday (4/30/14). The unusual low vocalizations she continues to make when she first enters the nest box remind me of the Screech Owls in the nest box and may be some kind of bonding with the eggs that the mother is accomplishing or just a habit like "humming" .

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Great Crested Flycatcher Lays 4th Egg in Owl Nest Box

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Great Crested Flycatcher nesting in the Screech Owl Nest Box laid the fourth egg yesterday (4/29/14)  and promptly covered them up with snake skin. Because she is standing very close to the microphone when she enters the box you can hear some unusual vocalizations that are more like interpersonal communication rather than calls. These low vocalizations would not be heard out in the open at a distance. This is similar to the Screech Owls internal communication which is very low. She has begun more frequent incubation - it is said when all the eggs are lain she will then incubate continuously.

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Great Crested Flycatcher Lays Third Egg in Owl Nest Box

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Great Crested Flycatcher nesting in the Screech Owl Nest Box laid the third egg yesterday (4/28/14)  and promptly covered them up with snake skin. The snake skin relationship is interesting - I suppose there is a lot of snake skin around judging by the Black Racers and Rat Snakes, but what an effort it must take to find them all - and the intelligence required to realize what great cushioning material it makes for the eggs.

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Great Crested Flycatcher Lays an Egg in Owl Nest Box

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Great Crested Flycatcher lays the second egg in the Screech Owl Nest box. Caught on the nest box camera from beginning to end. She has filled the nest bowl with snake skin - a flycatcher tradition that makes for great protection for the eggs. After all the eggs are lain - usually 4 or 5 she will begin incubating full time and then they should hatch in two weeks.

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