Link to May 2023 thread
Asha is the proud parent of 3 eggs, the father of which being dubious but probably URM - now called Brodie - as we hardly saw NN2 (for whom we wish all the best elsewhere) be accepted by Asha. Brodie had a lot of trouble fending off intruders which has made him a bit flaky in the fish catching and delivery department. Poor old Asha didn't eat for over 2 days last week. The main intruder was KL5, who seems to have stopped hanging around so much now, which is good as we approach hatch date and the need for fish will ramp up.
A scylla-super-snap of the happy parents-to-be
Also, courtesy of scylla, here are the laying dates;
25 April - egg 1
28 April - egg 2
01 May - egg 3
Poor Asha has been calling for some time now and KL5 has just landed on the nest!
Edit, she has just chased him off and settled back on the eggs, 22.54
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Lynn L said:Edit, she has just chased him off and settled back on the eggs
I think you mean chicks Catlady. Either that or she's got it together with KL5 (again..??) in double quick time
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Ooopps!! Chicks, it's been a long day. I need sleepy time, goodnight
Thank you CANUCK, SHEILA, KORKY, CATLADY (EDIT - and CC !!! ) for your reports and pics, unwelcome tho they are in one way - I scrolled down the pages hoping against hope to see Brodie with fish appear.
Sheila, I wish I could sit on your shoulder and learn to scroll thru the cam on a tablet, I can't even do it on PC!
I'll try to do a representative video but obviously will have to be very selective.
It's daycam already, Asha is sitting quietly on her osplets.
IMAGICAT
Good morning, CANUCK !!!
Canuck said:3:52 KL5 flies in from the left and lands on asha who flaps him off. he really wants to mate!
I posted that but on returning here now I see that it didn't "take"
I'm still on yesterday, I expect you'll be on the way to bed by the time I get back. Thanks again for your contributions
EDIT
Canuck said:4:04 asha finally chokes down the last of the fish. "chokes" is the operative word. must have taken her 5 min to eat that last piece
I might have to do a dedicated video for that - I love fish-tail demolition