scylla said:
Cirrus said: Nope, I won't be watching any more feeding sessions on this nest. Worse than Ospreys
I don't think they are worse than Ospreys, Cirrus - they have a mad scrap but soon forget all about it, and they don't persecute like osplets do (remembering #3 at LotL, the latest in a long line of unfortunates). The #4 at this nest died thru sheer smallness, lacking the ability to muscle in at feeding time.
And of course, Scylla, - I really do remember Garten and her persecution of Mallachie
It's just that I also know ome white tailed eagle chick that had fledged (female) that kicked her UNfledged brother out of the nest. I really did think the goshawk chick on the nest edge was going over. I suppose , I'm just a wuss where nature is concerned. Sorry, you are right of course..
04July
Heehee, the 2 females fought while the little guy snuck the prey item:
https://youtu.be/CYB5GLFFrv4
Yep, I really do like your video Scylla. Ha ha ha , and at the end both thought the food had gone over the edge, double ha ha . Well done the youngster who grabbed it whilst the other two scrapped.
10 July
This is the first "branching" I've noticed - the little guy, of course! Shame that the cam doesn't seem to have a pan-out function. Sorry it's so long, but I don't think it's boring if one is interested in their behaviour. I forgot to caption "Bedtime" on the end.
11 July
I'm not doing any video unless something fascinating happens.
Little guy was up to a branch first thing in the morning.
He was gone for nearly 2 hours, then up to a branch again @ 06:25.
Bird prey was delviered for breakfast, then red squirrel for early lunch. Little guy was in 'n out of the picture all day so far.
I'm puzzled - do we have 2 males (1 bigger than the other) and one female?
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What a lovely surprise to see that you enjoyed the long video, CIRRUS & SHEILA
Unknown said:I think it's still two females and our splendid little male.
The thing is, Cirrus, we now clearly see 2 brown-breasted birds, with the third one definitely grey. So that should be 2 males and 1 female.
The little guy developed his brown feathers very early indeed, it's only now that I've seen that there's another brown Goshawk chick.
Somewhere, and I can't find it now, WildlifeWindows referred to "the smaller male..." (rather than "the smaller/smallest, which is male") and strictly grammatically, in the context I read it, that should have meant that there is a larger male.
I think we have to go by colouring, and accept that the size belies the gender rather than the colour.
Well... I know what I meant
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Marking the panning-out of the cam, with 2 brief food deliveries as intro:
Second chick branches:
12 July
Little guy hasn't slept in the nest tree for the past 2 nights - here are a couple of scenes:
For a while the 2 remaining chicks slept like grown-ups! But they laid down eventualy:
It can't be too long before the tree is empty!
13 July
The little guy called in during the day at at least one mealtime, and here he paid a visit below and beyond the nest:
(Oops, I circled the wrong blob, can't see a darn thing clearly.)
The 2 bigger birds spent the night on the nest.
14 July
Little guy flew in to be ready for breakfast - lots of activity thereafter, with parents making lightning deliveries to the nest and one of the larger chicks managing to branch briefly:
No time to do these birds justice.
15 July
A final video in my final post for the season. They've all fledged.