Link to June 2019 thread (Following Karen's excellent example of providing useful links....)
On 1 July, chick 1 is 30 days old. Chick 2, from egg 3, is 27 days old.
Apart from the sad failure-to-hatch of egg 2 , everything has been reasonably settled on the nest, and Louis is in the running for Mary's 'Fisherman of the Year Award'.
Link to webcam, courtesy of The Woodland Trust
Looking back 2-3 hours - EDIT - gosh, it's much longer than that, I got interrupted :o
JJ2 getting more active:
More bark!
Aila did some stick-shifting, disturbing the kids in the process but the stick doesn't show up well at those times:
It looked as tho she was going to perch but she hovered a bit and disappeared:
More bark !!! !!!
The kids were left alone for quite a while, they made themselves comfortable:
They did get a bit of exercise before FISH time :)
After the feed Aila suddenly took off with the small remains of the fish!
She was still watchful on her return but the kids weren't pancaked:
Off she went again:
She returned with more bark :o
And a lovely wing-spread on landing:
Still watchful!
And off she went again:
This time she returned with little clumps, what a relief ;)
Off she flew again and hasn't been back yet:
IMAGICAT
A MONSTER FISH just caught my eye. Needs checking :o
EDIT - He flew in the wrong way, dang.
17-18 Fish - What a beauty
Edit: Leave you to do the honours and show it off sylla
Only JJ2 is interested:
'You put your right leg in, your right leg out....'
'...shake it all about'
(c) WT Loch Arkaig
04-35 First Fish of the day .. Whole and smallish
And by 04-42, it had all gone!!
Aila with a clump:
JJ2(?) tried to eat a fishtail but had to give it to Mummy in the end:
Aila landed a stick onto the chicks, she didn't seem to notice until they got up:
And again:
She was quite busy with sticks:
Aila had just flown off alarm-calling, chicks pancaked:
As reported, the supperFISH was indistinguishable on the way in, it was not seen during feed either:
Surprisingly, JJ2 had exclusive access, JJ0 just watched, did some exercises, went back and watched again.
Eventually got about 2 bites from the tail:
Aila had to ward off someone.
She started being suspicious:
Presented a strong front to the enemy:
Checked the chicks:
Kept her eye on the blackguard:
Relaxed :)
Safe for a flyabout:
Had a very good check over the side, her face went out of shot:
Then she settled and eventually got some droopnaps:
Another flyabout:
During which time the kids woke up, each did a shadowy poop unworthy of snapping:
That was a 10-minute break - I'd love to know where she went:
She was looking over her shoulder now 'n then, did Louis have a fish already?
Doesn't look like it, off she went again:
Both chicks flapped, JJ0 more than JJ2 as usual, then they settled down to wait for breakfish:
A very unkind view of the fish's arrival, but we can see it's whole and not large - it was not seen during the feed:
Only the nearer chick got fed:
Until the other got 3 bites at the end, after which Aila fed herself:
She's off the nest now, both chicks lying down.