The female is now brooding her three chicks and sitting very tightly, allowing just a quick cursory inspection. Even though she does not appear to care too much about this momentary intrusion, the male however, is resentful and from a distance sends out an alarm call to warn of my presence. That is the time to leave. In the early evening I noticed the female leave the nest and then the male arrived almost immediately with a beak full of small worms. He perched on the nearby fence before going in to the shrub. From inside the house and through the patio doors, I could see the male standing on the rim of the nest and feeding the chicks.