RECAP
Flora HK0 arrived 30 March 2023
Harry (unringed) arrived 4 April 2023
EGG No. 1 laid 15 April
EGG No. 2 laid 18 April
EGG No. 3 laid 21 April
First expected hatch date around 22 May
LINK TO APRIL 2023
Tuesday 16th May
04.22 First changeover this morning
Flora returns 04.45
There have been many changes throughout the morning.
13.15 Flora is lying low in the nest, she chips as she sees a bird approach but it’s Harry, with a live fish.
Harry lands and starts intruder chipping
It’s very windy up there and somehow he ends up moving backwards resulting in Harry and the fish landing on Flora’s back.
He corrects himself and goes to the edge of the nest to mantle and chip
He’s just there for about a minute then leaves with the fish.
The intruder wasn’t seen and Flora was soon calm again.
Harry never returned with that fish. He did MUCH better!
15.19.40 Harry lands with a whopper of a headless fish (salmon?)
Flora is very excited to receive it and grabs it with her beak
I don’t know if it was the wind but Harry started rising again still holding the fish.
Flira wasn’t going to be letting that one slip away and held tight, pulling the fish down.
Harry flew off, Flora kept a hold of the fish in her beak
and flew off too.
Harry returned about half a minute later.
17.23 Flora returns with the tail of the fish
Harry is keen to have it.
Not much left at all. What a feed Flora had!Just look at the size of her crop! Happy days!
No Rich Formatting again Lovely headless fish, trout I think brought into Flora this evening at 19.10.
photos edited in
19.59 Flora returned to Harry with the wee tail end of the fish, chased by a Corvid.
Harry showed no interest so she took off again
She arrived back at 20.07
But again, Harry showed no interest. She took off for a 2nd time..
Flora returned at 20.16
Harry still remained seated. Flora started eating the tail
Last piece being swallowed.
She was soon back on the eggs. There’s a piece of brown crinkly plastic in the nest cup too now beside the black piece. (Over Flora’s beak)️
No RF (photos edited in) 11.42 Intruder alert, Flora lies low, Harry arrives in nest mantling and chipping. 11.45 threat over
11.46 Harry takes over incubation.
18.15 Flora starts fish calling. (photos edited in) 18.16 Flora gets up to receive a fish
Harry flies past the nest, pursued by a Corvid.
Harry is seen to be holding a fish
Flora is then dive bombed by the Corvid.
18.58 Flora still calling.
19.01 Harry arrives with the headless fish. (photos edited in)