Welcome to the Arne 2014 Buzzard Cam Forum!
After a 3 year wait we have nesting buzzards. We have a least 2 eggs. The first of these was laid on Tuesday 4th May with the second appearing on Thursday.
Buzzards incubate for about 34 days so by my reckoning we should have the first chick in the first week of May. I am going to be the first to guess at the 4th.
If any one else wants to guess dates please feel free.
Also it would be great to record interesting happenings from the nest especially as we get close to hatching time.
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I can't believe how big they are now! :-)
I'd love to see the size of this nest for real, must be huge - three juvies plus a parent feeding them
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Shows size ratio quite well here
L - R ... medium, small, hooge!!!
Brilliant stills Wendy :-)
Some more for you PW - practising for flight
Don't know how that little one can sleep with all this going on ... then I got worried 'cos it looked like a lifeless bundle, but it is OK & has moved!!
Thanks Wendy and all 3 animated at the moment, one trying to devour something I'm not really trying too hard to work out what!
Captured these earlier today (not eating anything disgusting PW!)
Tree trunk & branches well decorated though!
How amazing Wendy,been so enthralled with the chicks I hadn't even noticed the tree decoration before, can't believe that! :-)
This is what tree looked like at the start of nesting PW!!
LOL! :-)