LOCH ARKAIG - The Woodland Trust - May 2020

Just seen the chick wriggling before Aila settled right down Cingratulations Louis and Aila

FISH!!!

To elaborate on Cathy's rather minimalist post . Louis arrives with a headless fish at 16.58, Aila takes it. She has a few nibbles and tries tentatively to feed the chick who doesn't seem that interested. Aila lays the fish on the nest and Louis takes it off the nest at 17.03. Louis brings the fish back at 17.20 and this time the chick gets a few mouthfuls. Aila makes sure the fish is under her tail for later as she sits back down. Louis flies off at 17.27. Ian

This is the only pair I can think of - Alia has left the next with the fish & left Louis in charge!, 

Sorry, I may have got that wrong - I thought it was Alia who full with fish, it may have been Louis

little one has had some fish, not a lot, but some.

17.57, Aila leaves the nest and pretty much straightaway Louis comes in to incubate. Aila comes back at 18.06 & Louis flies off with the fish at 18.07. Louis brings the fish back at 18.19. Aila has a few bites before a feed at 18.21. Feed over, Louis takes the fish away at 18.27. Louis brings the fish back at 18.50. It looks like more feeding but Louis is in the way. He helpfully leaves at 18.55 and we can see the feed. 19.01, the fish is left on the nest, Aila settles on the eggs and bobblehead. Louis comes back with a small stick at 20.04, does a bit of tidying and leaves. Aila has a short (comfort?) break at 20.06 and is currently incubating.
What a good day it has been. Ian

21.54, whilst not quite on a par with first word or first day at school, the chick has possibly its first squirt. On that less than savoury note, goodnight. Ian

I guess this will be the last feed of the night.   

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I hope Aila has a settled night with her first wee chick of the season.   Good Night All

and another before I go

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 Aila tripped herself up during her constitutional - she still had a flyabout:

03:35 - Out of the blue, Aila flew off alarm calling - a shadow zipped by at least once (I haven't watched it thru yet), Aila was off the nest for just over a minute but stood standing, very alert, for some time.

A zipper-by:

She flapped at someone:

Don't know what that was :o

The rest of the short night passed uneventfully, until Louis arrived with a very fine headless fish @ 04:16:

Hardly edited, it's over 7 minutes long:

I don't know if the fish is still on the nest.