Hi everybody, what a day its been.
LG has been fairly quiet all day with comings and goings of fish deliveries, I think it was 5 in all. Those chicks are enormous now, coming up to their peak growing spurt.
At LOTL things have taken, at present, a turn for the better. I will try and post the last blog that Peter wrote::
21 June 2010 2:36 UpdateWhat a day it has been for all involved. Isn’t this bird amazing, she has now fed herself and the chicks 4 times now this evening. This is good news and yes there is a but, but she still is not 100%. Let's hope our male can get some fish into the nest early tomorrow morning so she can feed again soon. Fiona and I will be here through the night to keep an eye on her. We will keep the blog updated as usual, which reminds me to thank the guys at Red Paint for getting the blog up and running again. They do a great job for us.Peter
Thats for those of you who don't always get time to look at LOTL's blog. Hope it helps.
At present, EJ is getting some shuteye and the chicks are dozing with the occasional bit of restlessness. I think it must be midges that keep going in front of the camera.
Night, night, all back in the morning.
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Here is EJ a minute ago, considering launching herself off the nest....
Think it must be a total of 4, Alan. (they were certainly very hungry for that last one)
Chicks having a snooze while Ej's away.
Thanks all for the updates today, and especially Linda for the great stills pics!
Just the 4 so far. I wonder if EJ is tempted yet to go fetch one herself?
Just lucky with the pics, Sandy. Wonder myself now if EJ has dared to leave the chicks alone... she has been gone a very long time....
FISH COUNT FOR TODAY SO FAR;
4.16 am 8.20am 13.11pm 17.09 pm
When the nest gets too crowded EJ roosts in a tree near the nest. Soon she will start sleeping in the tree. Last night when I checked she was not brooding them, but just standing on the nest to sleep. She may be getting them used to sleeping without her.
With the ample supply of fish that Odin has been delivering I doubt she has a reason to do any fishing, but who knows. EJ does things on her own terms
Formerly known as Barbara Jean
Barbara Jean: EJ has almost been a prisoner to the nest for so long now, I bet she'd love to stretch her wings and fly to the fish farm to polish her fishing skills - a big plump rainbow trout wouldn't go amiss, either!.
what's been going on???
i come back from dinner just now and EJ is away from the nest but all three chicks are looking to eat something on the floor..
EJ comes back and drags a fish away and then starts feeding them..
they were clearly feeding themselves then, but how did the fish get delivered?
did Odin bring it in when she wasn't here? Or did EJ leave it to see if they could eat it themselves... they seemed to be doing ok.
Pharazon - I was just going to ask the same questions! I went out to water the garden and when I came back there were feeding noises ... and they are tucking in ... did anyone see what happened????
Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!
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