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
CATCHUP
It started out a wet night, as so often:
Aila got disrupted:
And retreated to the Robin's perch (shame we haven't seen the Robin for a long time):
After a flyabout, Aila tried to shelter the girls again:
Aila got slapped at Mallie's poop time:
At last Rannoch got up ;-D
Back to lying down again - and who's upstairs attracting Mallie's attention?
Aila's morning departure:
Mallie wingercised her way to settle down with Rannoch:
Just before daycam:
They got so wet that even Rannoch had to get up and flap off the water:
Soon back down!
Intruder alert from a parent far off:
Another one:
Mallie got her feet off the ground:
Wow, Rannoch had a flap:
But soon down again:
Rannoch up again and had some flaps. (It's my fault this is darker.)
But soon down again, she even went to sleep :(
Rannoch had a little lie-down preen:
After a poop, Rannoch lay down with Mallie:
Aila brought a tiny stick, left and returned with a clump:
Mallie was interested in the clump:
A bit of height again:
BREAKFISH !!!
Mallie claimed it and kept it, Rannoch approached and hovered:
Eventually allowed to take over:
20 seconds:
At last Rannoch was up again:
It was a poop that prompted her:
And she actually got a bit active:
Mallie has been getting a bit of height:
This might have been spectacular but was just on the stop/restart of an hour:
A token from Rannoch:
Curtailed by an intruder alert:
Lovely headless FISH !!!
The first juicy morsel went to Rannoch with a twist of Aila's head:
When Rannoch turned away it was Mallie's turn:
Then Aila's, while Rannoch showed signs of life in the background ;)
Then more for Rannoch while she was sat down !!!
Nice one, Rannoch!
Then she fed herself:
A big flex:
Then a long, thorough preen, and Mallie got fed again:
More lying down and preening from Rannoch, a bit more wingercising from Mallie, and that's it up to 12:36.
IMAGICAT
18-14 We have 'high tea'. Seems it is Fish on the menu again!!
Rannoch pretty unhappy that Mallie ate all the pies fish
(c) WT Loch Arkaig
Is there anyone on earth more forgiving than a mother?
FISH !!! Not bad:
Mallie ate almost all of it:
Until Rannoch prised the tailfin out of her talons and ate that - I was relieved to see that she swallowed it, after she'd spat one out this morning:
FISH !!! They're all so fuzzy in the air these days :( Only this frame wasn't fuzzed:
Louis ate some himself and then couldn't resist Rannoch's pleas:
I don't think I've got the best bits in here but it jiggles when FF-ing and I can't watch it all real time :(
Later Aila came to shelter Rannoch, it must have started to rain but we couldn't see it in daylight:
Rannoch didn't want to be sheltered at first:
Then she did, and Mallie did a head-spin:
Yes, it was raining:
There was a lively period after Rannoch got up for a poop, then they all settled down again:
Mallie got up for a poop and is still up as I type, having a droop-sleep.