Nest building complete

The female does not bring any more material to the box . The nest bulding seems to be now complete.

A few days back , there was a big fight at the box between the mynas , sparrows and the magpies. The  electric pole seems to be the edge of the male's territory , with most of the battles being fought there… A pair of bramny starlings love to annoy the magpies . 

The male magpie dive bombs any bird that sits on the pole. Causes a lot of ruffled feathers.

We had a surprise visitor today , A shikra , most probably from a nest we know of from near by. Caused quite a stir among the pigeons and the garden birds.

Nesting Magpies

How do you tell a pair of Magpie Robins that the nesting box they have chosen is actually designed by the infinitely more intelligent humans for the Indian mynas?

A pair of magpies has started visiting the myna box in the balcony. I think the pair is not bonded properly as yet. The female keeps visiting the box with beak fulls of nesting material with the male keeping guard . But some times she just flies off with the rival male from the next building!

No pictures as yet. Waiting for the pair to settle down properly.

Need to put up more boxes .... now on the window grills