Day 5 — Day N — Female incubation steady; male nest visits at midday

By 06:11 the female is on the cup. She lifts off twice in the next half hour — at 06:16 and 06:36 the nest sits empty with two eggs visible from the camera angle — and returns at 06:38 to settle back in. From 06:59 through 09:35 she is on the eggs steadily across three motion clips. The morning’s pattern shifts at 10:33. The cup is empty for two minutes, then at 10:35 a male House Finch appears at the nest — almost certainly a courtship-feeding visit (House Finch males do not incubate; they bring food to the female). He stays a short while and leaves. At 10:36 he’s back; the female arrives, and she takes over while he steps off onto the shelf. Around 11:28–11:32 the nest is empty. At 11:33 the male is briefly at the cup on his own — most likely a nest check during the female’s recess, or another courtship-feeding pass with the female out of frame. By 12:10 the female is back and incubating, and stays through 12:24. At 12:43 the male is at the nest again. One minute later, at 12:44, the female is incubating and the male is perched at the rim…

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