{"id":572,"date":"2011-04-01T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.schoolsays.co.uk\/~strettonhandley\/birdblog\/?p=572"},"modified":"2012-12-01T22:32:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T22:32:02","slug":"tree-sparrow-nest-complete-bw-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/tree-sparrow-nest-complete-bw-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree Sparrow Nest Complete! &#8211; B&amp;W Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of \u00a0March, blue tits and tree sparrows were regular visitors to the box although the roosting blue tit stopped sleeping in the box at the end of February. By the middle of March the blue tits were being seen less often and the tree sparrows had started bringing in more nesting material. The nest\u00a0began to take on a more domed shaped with the tree sparrows often disappearing under the grassy material through an entrance hole to one side of the box. The nest now looks to be complete although the birds have been bringing in feathers to line the nest and spend quite a bit of time in the box.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-572 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/020411.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/020411-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-903\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-903'>\n\t\t\t\tHiding anything?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/shbw_130311_104447.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/shbw_130311_104447-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-902\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-902'>\n\t\t\t\tBuilding a roof!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/treesparrowsonbox.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/treesparrowsonbox-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-901\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-901'>\n\t\t\t\tTree Sparrows on the box\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Tree Sparrows start to breed at the beginning of April, they may well have laid some eggs already which are hidden from sight. We shall have to watch the live feed more at school for evidence that eggs are being incubated. How do you think we might tell whether there are eggs or chicks in the nest?<\/p>\n<p>Update: Checking the live video feed in school on 27th April, it appears that the Tree Sparrows are taking in turns to be in the box, which suggests they are incubating some eggs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of \u00a0March, blue tits and tree sparrows were regular visitors to the box although the roosting blue tit stopped sleeping in the box at the end of February. By the middle of March the blue tits were &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/tree-sparrow-nest-complete-bw-box\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bw-birdcam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}