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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Er, sorry to disappoint you Linda, previous to the one Odin brought in, the last fish was at 5:10 pm.
DjoanS said: I'm not sure who caught the fish ... but if you read Pharazon's post, he says EJ was away from the nest & the chicks were trying to eat something on the nest. Maybe Odin left it while she was away?
I'm not sure who caught the fish ... but if you read Pharazon's post, he says EJ was away from the nest & the chicks were trying to eat something on the nest. Maybe Odin left it while she was away?
That would make sense. This is the time they start to learn to feed themselves and Odin will leave a fish on the nest for them to practice on.
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Sandy - there was one delivered just before 7p.m. .... I came in from the garden just before 7 to see EJ feeding the chicks ... and there was nothing left from the previous fish!
Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!
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Its a mystery to me.... did EJ leave one on the nest for them to practice on then?
Maybe this is a question for the LG folks?
Yet another fish !!! Half-time in the football again :-)))
Odin just delivered a large fish. Poor guy must have had to circle the nest trying to find a space to land . Titch tried to take a bite of it as soon as EJ had taken it from Odin . Odin took off immediately. He barely had a branch on the edge of the nest to hold onto
The nest is getting very crowded
he has this nack of bringing a fish at half time..
i think that's 7 for the day now.
Feeding very nicely in the evening sunshine
Great to see Odin bring a half-time fish. :-) The chicks are enjoying a hearty feast.
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