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Aila and Louis' first chick hatched on Friday 29 May. Perhaps we can expect number 2 and 3 to hatch on 1 and 4 June.
May brought lots of fish, clods, shag pile, sticks, osprey and owl intruders and fame to Aila and Louis, appearing on the BBC, Channel 4 and Chris Packham's Self Isolating Bird Club Live.
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I haven't refreshed to see this thread up-to-date.
Aila had more sleep than she used to get, despite the bobblers underneath her :)
She had more than one flyabout, the chicks weren't madly active overnight:
She got up and appeared to be examining the chicks:
Then a little discomfort?
She was getting ready to get rid of some little pellets:
04:23 Louis flew in with what looked like a whole minnow and, as Aila did not get up, he ate the lot and flew off @ 04:31:
05:20 he was back with a small fish which I can't get a decent snap of:
Aila got up for that one right away and fed the 3 healthy-looking (from a distance) chicks:
Morning Scylla
It is still very slow for me, taking around 5 minutes for every mouse click. I see you have covered the early fish deliveries and feed.
I only took one screenshot during the feed.
So I will post it as a time stamp to see how long it takes to post. 07.04 am.
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Morning everyone! Bob3 didn't get any of that second fish, Bob1 got most and Bob2 a decent amount. Aila flew off for a quick break, just as it looked like Louis might feed Bob3, she returned and sat on the chicks so Louis ate the small mouthful he'd been about to offer.
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MaryGK said:It is still very slow for me
It's shocking and so frustrating, MARY. I've been opening RF's in advance in case I need to post something.
Glad you made it in, tho :-*
11.37, Aila has a stretch and flyaround. She comes back and feeds from a small fish remain (I assume from 09.31 above). Ian
EDIT - There was a feed at 10.40 which I missed at the time, it was from the same fish.
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12.17, Louis brings in a very nice headless fish for Aila & the three chicks (that last bit specially for Starling). Aila fish calling rather than taking the fish, she does that from time to time I don't know why. 12.20 she eventually takes the fish and a feed commences. Ian
EDIT - 12.29 feed over, Louis takes the fish away. It was a good size so he should bring it back for further feeds.