As it's nearly that time I suppose it's time to start a new Thread for the Upcoming season.
For 2020 thread click HERE
Richard B
Disaster - I had been waiting for an opportune time to close the downloader for a Windows Update, so I shut everything down and forgot I hadn't hit Pos heret, so the whole day has to be redone
Too many balls in the air, can only really manage one at a time and that's never the status quo.
Very rough-and-ready re-post!
FISH !!!
I'll leave out most of the commentary.
Co-operating, they did quite a bit of this:
2 sticks similar but not the same carrier:
22:30, Nightjar on the perch 1m30s with a quick fly-about in the midst:
IMAGICAT
09 July
Oh dear:
Then it started "spacing out" just before daycam:
022 had been and gone twice by 06:00, hadn't brought anything to the nest.
A short video of 022 flying low over the Wareham Channel this morning.
Unknown said:022 flying low over the Wareham Channel
He looks purposeful
(That's a "persevering face" emoji, they claim ;) ) Thank you, ALISON!
09 July and here was half a Mullet for CJ7's supper:
I've been having lots and lots of dropouts on lots of cams overnight, but PH was doing OK - until I instructed it to stop 'n save, then it just sat there saying it was cancelling, ad infinitum, so 'll see what I've got I heard a Nightjar this morning early but it wasn't on the perch.
Am going to have to shut everything down and reboot
scylla said:Am going to have to shut everything down and reboot
That's a lot better
Lots of this overnight:
But it so happened I'd started recording the nest in VLC when I heard the Nightjar, and here it is because there's a nice little triffle-trill on the end. S/he might have been on the campost, I'm sure I've heard their little feetz on there occasionally.
There was a heavy landing on the campost @ 05:02, then a tiny chirp - that will have been our {{{CJ7}}} No-one on the nest yet.
10 July
Wet.
CJ7 dropped down from the campost 4 times between 07:50 and 08:00 - the fourth time she flew away:
She returned a bit after 09:00 and was joined by 022, no fish, no attempted shenannigans:
She flew after a few minutes but he stayed till nearly 10:15, she returned with a mini-log:
Just before noon - it would have stayed longer but 022 flew in, no confrontation, the corv flew up to the campost and, I presume, away:
She flew in with some dried bracken(?), he was hot on her tail but had no mischievous intent, it turned out, tho he did flounce & posture a bit - no fish either, and it looked as tho neither had eaten today, especially her.
She flew, he stayed and pottered.
She was back 5 times between 16:50 and 18:25, still empty-cropped:
FINALLY !!!
Another half fish, I do hope she'll top herself up cos these are not migration rations
CJ7 was soon back with a stick:
At least she's not concave:
She flew first, he @ 20:23.
22:41 the Nightjar turned up for 4 minutes:
11 July
A very busy morning nestorising from 06:15 onwards, especially by CJ7 because 022 went off fishing.
"Stuff" per 022:
CJ7 was on the nest a couple of times after 19:00 expecting a fish and a half of one did materialise - and despite the customary meanness (and how mean am I to 022?... at least he's providing and relinquishing, he's learning) there was a fulfilled mating attempt when CJ7 returned after her short supper break:
No further activity up to 23:00.