Link to March/April 2023
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After a start/stoppy kinda season, we now have settled couple "URM" (until LG give him a name) and Asha, or Mistle as some would prefer.
Asha is the proud parent of 2 eggs, the father of which being dubious but probably URM, as we hardly saw NN2 (for whom we wish all the best elsewhere) be accepted by Asha.
URM and Asha are similarly marked but distinguishable by certain differences which I may slot in here but I've lost them for the time being.
Asha (R) is looking rather small in this snap because she's crestfallen due to no supper:
Because Asha did so much work on the nest before she had a partner, there hasn't been a lot for URM to do - but he has quite frequently brought in nest material - and his fish provisions have been regular and willingly handed over. He's a promising Osprey dad so far.
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SheilaFE said:
I wonder why there appears to be a lack of fish being brought in by Brodie. You'd expect Asha to be yelling the ceiling off if she were hungry. Neither has a hollow chest. Has there been a sneaky exchange off the nest that we don't see.
I am also fascinated to compare last year's nest, with this, and it is mainly down to Asha I think.
This day, last year, as Mistle left with a fish delivery from Axel
Today, it's windy, with rain in the air
Asha’s done a good job with the nest.
Much of the earlier part of the day was well covered by Scylla, but for the record.
07.42 Brodie appeared at last. He took over incubation, Asha flew off and chased a small bird (pigeon>).
07.47 Asha returned with a piece of licheny bark and used it to persuade Brodie to leave.
07.49 Brodie took the hint and flew off. Asha incubated and spent time breaking up sticks, twigs and bark within reach.
08.05 Asha started calling, presumably she could see Brodie. I can’t! She was looking around her as she did so, and then..
08.06.41 Asha took flight again. She did call, but it wasn’t an intruder call. She disappeared from sight.
08.07.52 Brodie landed with a chirrup, and settled.
08.09.04 No sooner was he settled when Asha returned with another awkward stick which she place on the back right, swinging her tail over Brodie. She stayed put and she took off again.
08.11 Asha returned with lovely contact noises. She tidied up the twigs.
08.12.31 She was off again
08.13.01 and back again with a clump of something. Might have been a piece of bark with lichen, and moved a lot of sticks to the rim. She is in housekeeping move, or building the wall to ensure the chicks don’t fall out!
08.14.29 And off again.
08.18.48 And back again, possibly with nothing this time. She nattered as she stood beside him, but didn’t try to get him up.
08.20 14 And off again. It’s a bit like hokey kokey, LOL!
09.30 The wind has really got up.
09.48 Asha returns with a large stick. Brodie doesn’t need any persuading this time. He is off.
10.02 I’m not sure whether Asha doesn’t like the wind or she wants another change-over, but she gives gentle peeps. I can’t see Brodie.
10.20 Calling continues. I think it would be nice if the cam was ever-so slightly further round to the left, so we can see more of the dead tree. It’s possible he hides there when we can’t see him.
10.42 Asha is still calling. It got slightly louder, and more demanding.
10.44 She became alert all of a sudden, and stopped calling. Did she see Brodie fly away? Rain in the wind. She had stopped calling.
10.45 She starts to check her feathers.
12.38 It has been raining heavily, the skies are dark and it is still blowing.
13.17 The rain stopped a little earlier and Asha is drying out in the breeze.
13.21 The wind has dropped, and rain can be seen again, but not heavily.
13.40 It is raining consistently now.
13.56 Heavily, now. The hills had disappeared and the visible horizon is much nearer. The clouds have come down.
14.51 Clouds have lifted a bit. Poor Asha looks very wet.
14.58 Asha looked over the shoulder and started to call. Is Brodie back?
15.00 A pigeon tried to land on the nest perch. Asha rose slighting and it flew off immediately
The sun is trying to come out here, so I'm off to pull yet more weeds. I don't think I will ever get on top of it all this year.
Here was a Stonestart on the perch @ 12:33 - the pics are in the right order, it did some acrobatics after it had landed, back down on the perch (not shown) then away:
12:40+ both LG and the Goshawk cams went down, recovered by themselves after only a minute or two.
FISH !!! !!! !!!
I'll put the vid in later.
EDIT
Inadvertently chopped off Brodie's fly-in:
It was a bit touch-n-go as Asha flew, but she's not back yet so she must be eating
That's a brilliant size. Worth the wait! I look forward to your vid/pics, Scylla
15.29 delivery. I wonder what it was. It was certainly heavy. Asha seemed to drag it as she took off. Any fisherfolk out there who could ID it? Rainbow trout, perhaps?
SheilaFE said:Any fisherfolk out there who could ID it?
Richard, let's hope he pops in. But I go with Rainbow Trout too... FWIW
On the subject of fish at this nest, I don't remember any besides Brown or Rainbow Trout, but I'm sure there will have been - and so far Brodie has been bringing bigger specimens than dear Odin often did.
EDIT 2
I wonder how Brodie and Odin compare in size? It would take a long time to find comparable snaps, especially as they're on different nests.
Richard B