I'm starting this thread in case it's not possible for MARY to do it due to the first-of-the-month freeze-up.
Aila, Louis and their 3 chicks are flourishing, with Louis proving a great provider to the biggest family he's had so far.
I might add some snaps 'n things if I last a bit longer, but let's get the thread on the road first ;)
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Lots of dossing has been going on over the past couple of hours
with the occasional wing stretch over siblings and not much else. Aila has been on the nest tidying up the odd piece of bark, going up to the wooden perch, and occasionally to the campost, which is where she is now -
she moved and brought her tail into view with quite a clatter.
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Unknown said:
A calm morning
Spoke too soon, Korky - Aila's always up for causing a bit of chaos!
Le poisson
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That fish at 10.16 is going to be counted as fish number two per WT George, as it seems obvious from the chicks' demeanour they've already eaten this morning during the livestream outage from 03.34.06 - 07.32.30
This is causing amusement on the WT site so I'll repost here, thanks again Mary for your very complimentary youtube comment..
Jolly Loch Arkaig Osplets doing their flight prep in quick time 18.30
I think it is JJ8 who takes the advantage of Aila's absence to have some strong wingersizing, when she returns with a clump of moss.
She then flew to the campost, and the chicks used it as a nice pillow!
13.56, fish. Ian
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This was just before the huge clump of moss arrived when Aila was up on the cam post My first chance to post Love the way they are looking up at mum
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14.52, fish. Ian
16.12, fish. Ian
EDIT - one of the chicks has not as yet (16.27) shown any interest in being fed, he/she must be full up from previous feeds.
But we can't see the numbers - who is the female?