AX6 Axel and his lovely unringed partner Mistle are bonding well, and Mistle has been threatening to lay an egg - we await developments.
It seems that Mistle has been on the perch & nest all night:
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SheilaFE said:I'm sorry but I won't be able to contribute today
Gosh! It looks as tho if you don't, no-one else will. I shall have a look for major events - like whales and/or sprats appearing.
Have a lovely day, SHEILA - I'll be back!
The sticks blew up into Mistle's face, she fidgeted with them but then got up and fixed them - so that we can now see only one egg, if that, I'm not sure.
This was a 7-minute fish:
She had a wild look in her eye!
She returned with a small stick and did some more nestorising while Axel just sat there ;)
Off she flew again:
Back with another stick:
Axel scarpered:
Mistle shifted some more sticks and settled on the eggs.
My laptop speakers have suddenly gone bananas - all fuzz/buzz/crackle when I play any video, but the toubleshooting test sounds are fine. Having tried lots of google's suggestions, I'm at a loss and am off for a nap, if I can stave off the nightmare of 'where to we go from here?'.
I didn't find another fish.
26 May
Mistle did some more stick-tidying last evening, this is the view of the nestcup that we now have, snapped during M's early-morning flyabout, so it's a bit dark:
Axel:
Mistle:
We hope he;s fishing now.
09:37 Axel arrived empty-taloned and took over incubation.
Mistle returned with a solid clod, did some nestorising, had a litlte mishap, disturbed Axel, he flew.
Cam is glitchy again.
I'm taking a meal break.