The arrival of our couple, virtually together, was first snapped @ 19:12
©SANDRA !!!
©RICHARD G B
©SHEENA
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Yikes !!! I thought I must have missed it but it's all there waiting for attention :)))
Thank you, everyone, for the super captures and info :)
I can't believe they arrived together - but they did! ;-D
Three matings altogether, only the first successful, IMHO. They were on the nest nearly 13 minutes, this is cut down to 5 but no significant activity missing - you know how they like to stand and (males) mantle and (females) look a bit nonplussed ;)
UNCUT VERSION:
The first was the best ;)
He sat here for ages after his second nestcupping:
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IMAGICAT
I've got nothing for 10:15, IAN - I had hours of empty nest and then this happened again:
Two matings, then Aila went and fetched dried nest material:
Someone else was around:
Next episode to follow ;)
I don't think you were hallucinating, IAN, I think my screen was frozen. That's what can happen with this nest and probably why I get so many dropouts with downloads. I am pretty sure it's nothing to do with the 'faultiness' of the laptop (which has behaved beautifully since a brief razzled display when I lifted the lid this morning, and I've got the network working properly :)))
Second attempt at this, and I think I've lost any intruder flybys if they were there - I've seen some but maybe it was later on, which I've yet to cover.
She looks quite philosophical as Louis scoffs:
Wresting it from his talons, even tho he was willing by this time, was quite an effort!
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