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
A better approach angle for us:
scylla said:Whoever took it mistakenly grabbed Louis's toe and wouldn't let go
It was Mallie:
Rannoch not madly interested:
I can't see who's currently got the fish.
IMAGICAT
I changed the toe-snap because my tremor had captured the wrong frame. It's so camouflaged anyway!
Aila's here now feeding one of the juvies - I was getting a bit worried about her non-appearance... we do like to worry ;)
Here's looking at you, kid
(c) WT Loch Arkaig
A couple of closer up shots of JJ0-Mallie posing in front of the cam
© Woodland Trust - Arkaig 2019
16-53 Large headless Fish...Mallie says mine.
19-33 Whole medium Fish..... JJ0 says mine, ... again!!Great tactical grab of the fish by JJ2 some mins later, after JJ0 had had her fill, but was still being possessive of the fish remaining
Chuntering in the dreich
03-20 am .. Something disturbed Mallie?...I think maybe it was NOT an owl, maybe Aila? flew past.top left and into the night to the rear, Allie having left the nest a while earlier