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The season so far: Maya arrived back 14 March and Blue 33(11) on 23 March. Maya laid 4 eggs 2, 5, 8 and 11 April hatching 11, 11, 13 and 17 May. The four chicks were ringed on 21 June as follows: #1 Blue 054 (F), #2 Blue 055 (M), #3 Blue 056 (M) and #4 Blue 057 (F). Further details of their vital statistics can be found here.
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Maya has arrived////pecked around on the bedding.......fiddling with sticks on rigt of nest but also eyeing up the fish I think she was going to try and take but then takes a few steps back but has come forward again
Chick has given up the fish and Maya has it....all very amicable.......now who has arrive?
Maya proceeds to feed both juvies but then first chick has already turned away
.......and has now flown
C ROP
Morning jane, Patily and All - thanks for the updates and captures
I can see the blood now!
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Can't make out the ID clearly but it doesn't seem to be causing any harm so suspect from fish
Birdies LG DU update.
I think it is 056. Watching it eating and it is managing but I am wondering if it is having a little difficultly swallowing.
I don't think there is any more blood!
It does seems fine and now has the fish and feeding itself
Juvie has finished eating, had a little lie down and has now flown.
ENS
33 has arrived and having a potter about and a nest scrape
To All.
I have asked MC to look at her footage and spoken to Katy at Lyndon.
Marie, Katy and Lloyd are reviewing their footage to try and see a cause for the blood.
I have asked that an update is posted on here in addition to Facebook which is often their choice.
Fingers crossed.
(MIKE, I changed my mind about starting pre-0400.)
No blood on any of these 3:
When the fourth arrived it kept its back to us and flew off after 3 minutes:
After fish delivery:
No blood on the waiting osprey:
Handover time:
No blood on the departing osprey:
It's at this point that I'm struggling. The juvie starts having difficulty swallowing, I'm trying to find a starting point - it's so long!
Hardly edited.
Very long, sorry. I just cannot make the judgements necessary to edit, this morning
Continuing from above until blood obvious.
IMAGICAT