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
IMAGICAT
Meal for three
(c) WT Loch Arkaig
From noon.
Tiddler delivered:
Watchful moments, but Louis left, Mallie arrived and ate the fish (not snapped):
Some snaps from Rannoch's exclusve close-up:
What pale eyes for a juvie! This view makes them particularly pale but they definitely are paler than most juvies' eyes:
Mallie came and watched over Rannoch for a while, until she flew and Rannoch dived due to intruder alert:
Another small fish from Louis, which Mallie came and stole from Rannoch but there was no conflict:
A finer FISH from Louis:
Mallie got that one too !!!
Starving ;) Rannoch picked up the flesh discarded by Mallie (Aila's standing there cos she's just brought in a stick):
Mallie left a good-sized piece for Rannoch:
At this point she'd had enough:
Aila came and took possession and kinda danced with the fish:
She fed Rannoch a couple of bites, ate the rest herself, picked up dropped morsels, and left:
A fine headless FISH per Louis - no nice view of the fish coming in but here's lovely Louis with chalky wings:
Aila fed the girls, Mallie flew, Aila ate, waited around and left:
Rannoch is now resting under the midges:
At this stage of the season EJ would have been well into bringing home her whoppers - I haven't seen Aila bring a fish, probably simply because Louis's been such a good provider?
The ladies are home. Aila looking sleepy, Rannoch with the fish. Mallie has just flown
CATCHUP
Last last evening Aila came and took up position on the campost:
Rannoch didn't settle down until 23:40, but was up preening and flapping occasionally overnight:
Not up until after 05:00, when she wingercised and took up position on the side of the nest:
FISH !!! but Louis took it away again:
Everyone gathered and he brought it back:
First Rannoch and then Mallie moved sticks:
Another FISH !!!
Mallie got it:
At the moment Aila has the fish and is musing over it, with Rannoch waiting for action.