LOCH GARTEN - May 2022

Stick 'em up, gerroff the eggs!

Another wee fish at 21.07

(c) RSPB Loch Garten

seems its small fish here. Young couple, hopefully male will step up when bobbles are born. Thanks for latest pics.

Once again, thanks to SHEILA & CC for the updates and snaps.

12 May

There's a blue patch breaking into the black sky.

I'm packing up again - but have just noticed Blue33 sitting by Maya, must check that out.

EDIT - heehee, it was an optical illusion - Maya was preening her back with wing sticking out.

6:18 FOTD #1. (Minnow sized!)

6:23 Mistle returns and food solicits. That tells us all we need to know about the size of the breakfast fish.

06.28 Axel landed fish a small stick, and got an earful from Mistle. Axel flew
06.31 Axel returns. Mistle calls
06.32 Axel soon left!
06.35 Mistle moved twigs and sticks, whilst incubating
06.39 Mistle caught a stick with lichen at one end in her beak, and struggled to release it.
07.57 Mistle keeps snoozing, head in her feathers. Wind gets up again
08.10 Mistle gets up, wishful thinking, calling loudly. Axel brings large curved stick which he puts onto the near rim. Mistle flew off in disgust! Axel incubates.
08.12 Mistle landed, called and left again.
08.13 Mistle returns, calling. Moving sticks and walking around th nest
08.14 Mistle flies off, yet again.
08.17 Mistle returns with nesting material. Axel flies. Moves some bark to the rim.
08.18 Mistle incubates.

Mistle has called now and again.

hello, I keep reading on the YouTube thread that there are constant invaders at the nest and watchers are trying to identify them but please excuse my lack of knowledge in this matter but what are the invaders trying to achieve and what scenarios do that then create for Axel & Mrs A ??