Only male initiate the construction of nest. Here the male is collecting nesting materials.
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Only male initiate the construction of nest. Here the male is collecting nesting materials.
The male is putting a twig into nest.
The female is collecting nesting materials.
But the female didn't put the twigs into nest. She probably just instigate the male to initiate the nesting work sitting beside the nest.
The male is pressing the nesting materials by his chest to shape the nest.
Here the female is begging for food from male
The male is collecting nesting materials along with mud for lining the nest.
The male rubs his chest and coats the inside of the nest with mud. The female sits near the nest and watches.
The male rubs his chest in such a way that the inside of the nest is evenly coated with mud
You can see mud stains on the male's chest feathers.
The male even soaks his breast feathers in water if the mud coating inside the nest dries out in the high midday temperatures.
It as the Male of 2025. Probably the Male is same one it was in 2024..
The same one as it was in 2024
Here I am presenting the full sequences of incubation mate feeding behaviour of Orange headed Thrush. In this image female was incubating.
Seeing the male was coming with food female just lift herself from incubation posture.
The male came with food near nest and the female started begging.
After that...
After that....
After that...
After that...
The male is feeding the female during incubation...
After that...
Incubation mate feeding completed...
The male leaved the nest and female resumed incubation
very informative research...
Nice observations Samrat! Here the mate has to work hard to prepare the nest and impress the female. In many bird species the mate selection is dependent on the quality of nest that the male builds. As a man if you can't provide for food and shelter than how can you expect a mate goes the thinking.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you brother....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarbasish Saha
truly spoke...Dada. The female only incubates in OHT species. The male offers at least four potential nesting site to female, builds the finale nest as per choice of female among those sites, protects the territory, guards the nest and family but does not incubate. He only supplies food to female when the female is busy in incubation. In that way female may spend more and more time into incubation. This the way of contribution of a male towards parental care in pre fledging stage. I have tried for last eight odd years to capture the whole sequences of "incubation mate feeding at nest behaviour" of OHT and lastly achieved some presentable images this year. "Incubation mate feeding at nest" is one of the most private and intimate behaviour of a OHT. The male often/generaly invokes female outside the nest and feeds her during incubation and then female goes back to nest and resumes incubation. But feeding at nest during incubation is very very rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabyasachi Patra
These are the sequences of a courtship feeding event with first female arrived to that male's territory. Later this female leaved the territory after staying a week with this male. I observed the courtship feeding was started male. Chance of divorce may occur after courtship feeding started. Initiation of nesting site selection even occurred. Then the female leaved this male. Here is the first scene where the male brings a caterpillar for female.
Female is begging...
The male is waiting...
The male is going to put the caterpillar into female's mouth
Courtship feeding completed...
Foraging behavior of the female 2025
Nest building activity begins during the Courtship feeding period. The initiation of nest building and the selection of a suitable site for nest building are very important events in the breeding of birds. The initiation of nest building greatly strengthens their bond and reduces the chance of divorce.
As the Courtship feeding is going on, the male places the nesting materials with his beak on a desirable tree branch and signals to start building the nest. He returns to the same spot repeatedly with some twigs, arranging the twigs and nodding his head forward to attract the female.
nodding his head forward to attract the female (1)
nodding his head forward to attract the female (2)
The male also does another thing. He brings a thin twig from the nest which he has just started and places it in front of the female. If the female picks up the twig in her beak or carries it on a tree branch, it is assumed that the female is willing to initiate nesting activity and likes the nesting site.
If the female is not willing to build the nest immediately or does not like the choice of nest site, she may not respond to all of the male's signals. In that case, courtship feeding continues.
The male abandons the previous nest half-finished and starts building another one, and in the same way, he tries to attract the attention of the female. I have seen a male start building a nest in three or four different places. The female finalizes one
The female finalizes permission to start nesting and the selection of the nest site.
The male abandons the previous nest half-finished
Plastics as nesting materials
This observation was happened on a different pair in same territory. The female comes to male for food during courtship feeding and compresses her body downwards.
The female does not open her mouth and the male is not ready to transfer the food.