Nestbox tales, white-throated tree creeper family
Our tree creeper family is doing well. Three eggs were laid but only one hatched. The chick is fully feathered now, and the parents are both off the nest during the warm parts of the day fetching food for their gaping-beaked youngster.
I quickly poked my head in a couple of weeks ago, then took a quick peek today.
The possum protection on the tree above and below the nest box (the below-box guard was not yet installed in the whole tree photo), and on all sides of the nest box except the front where the tree creepers climb up, and a lock on the lid to stop it from being opened appears to be doing the job keeping this little family safe.
I don’t have a wildlife camera on this box as I installed it where there is plenty of cover to keep the tree creeper parents safe from day time predators. Too many dangling leaves and waving branches in a slight breeze for an SD card to last more than a couple of days, and I’d certainly not want to visit that frequently and risk disturbing them or drawing attention to the nest – predator birds.
