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 ;)
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The first was the best ;)
He sat here for ages after his second nestcupping:
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Around 12.40 Aila was incubating, looking around a trifle anxiously, and took off, leaving the eggs for around six minutes. Before settling she again was looking around anxiously, or perhaps just carefully!
Around 13.00 Louis arrived with a fish delivery. Taken by Aila she flew off, and Louis incubated until she returned, without the fish, at about 13.45. Louis flew off
Louis incubating
Aila returned having eating her fish
Aila had another break for another five minutes or so, leaving the eggs. She has been incubating since her return.
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16.53 Louis landed with a headless fish. Aila got up, but was slow to grab it, and then got caught between the sticky stick and the eggs, and couldn't get to the fish. Louis flapped away
16.56 Aerial chase by Louis off the nest. Then he landed with the fish again. Louis began eating the fish while Aila looked on.
Aila tried to get the fish
She almost got it, bit failed
and Louis took off with the fish!!!
17.01 Aila is incubating