Day 7 — Day N — Frequent male visits during female's morning recesses

Overnight incubation was steady but interrupted. Between 00:00 and 06:00, the female cycled on and off in roughly 15–45 minute increments, with empty stretches at 00:45–01:00, 02:00–02:30, 03:45–04:15, and 04:45. Five eggs visible during each gap.

The cup was empty across most of 06:00–07:00. At 07:09, a male arrived at the cup briefly, followed by the female — a courtship-feeding visit followed by the female resuming incubation (House Finch males do not incubate; visits to the nest are food deliveries or nest checks). He returned at 07:59 and again was at the nest through the 08:00 interval. The female took over by 08:15 and incubated through 08:30.

Midday saw three more male nest visits. At 11:53 he appeared at the cup; the female resumed at 12:00. At 13:08 she returned to a briefly empty nest, and at 13:09 the male was again at the nest — likely courtship feeding bracketing her brief recess.

No detections between roughly 13:30 and 19:57, when the female arrived and settled in for evening incubation. Nest was empty again at 21:37 with all 5 eggs visible.

Notable today: five clips with the male visiting the nest (07:09, 07:59, 08:00, 11:53, 13:09), each clustered around the female’s brief recesses — the textbook courtship-feeding / nest-check pattern for House Finches. The male’s appearance in the cup itself is brief and the female promptly takes over; the male does not incubate.

Pipeline: No infrastructure changes this day.

Day’s metrics.

• Clips: 48
• Sunrise / sunset: 06:12 / 19:59 PT
• On-cup share: 72.8%
• Dad visits: 5
• Feeding clips: 5
• Max eggs visible: 2