Astrid and Ares visited the nest box twice on Monday. They spent a few minutes together inside the box in typical behavior that has become known as “a dance” amongst our team.
Astrid actually spent most of the afternoon on the perch. Ares came back for a second visit and I was able to catch this shot of the two of them on the perches. Ares attempted to impress Astrid with his flying skills even though it was still snowing and blowing out side! This is part of their mating ritual and we are happy to see that they are displaying the expected behavior already.