An intruder overhead and 33 very alert
33 mantles
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Threat passes quickly.
33 remains for a bit and appears to have flown up to the campost
Maya continues to sit tight keeping those eggs dry and toastie
Short update from Marie
Link >> All chewed up ....
Quite exciting thinking in a couple of weeks we will be seeing the first hatch and what I understand will be Rutland's 150th chick.
Quite special:-) So does anyone wish to make a guess of the first hatching date? And for fun the time?
33 and Maya just now :-)
All very quiet here which is excellent allowing Maya and 33 peace to get on with incubating. Hopefully all the other nests are doing well and the pairs are sitting on eggs. I often wonder about Lagoon 4 if it has a pair yet.
Meanwhile 33 is incubating
We've got the mists again tonight, plus this ominous creeper threatening the nest - must be a tiny strand of web dangling over the lens:
IMAGICAT
I wonder if it's broken up?
That strand wasn't broken, it kept going until daycam.
This should be mauvy but it's not on here :-/
Morning All
A few moments ago 33 arrived to relieve Maya. She quickly took off
She hasn't been away long. Just a short comfort break and she has brought back a clump of something. I see quite a few of these clods around the nest. Hopefully they don't bring in too many for last year still saddens me.
Change over - 33 rises and Maya moves forward to once more incubate