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
Yes, so beautiful, especially on the zoom cam. Lousy capture, but the osplets are really loud this morning.
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
We won't discuss what I've been up to to keep me away so long
SheilaFE said:16.30 A helicopter could be heard in the distance. Asha was very alert as it got closer, and even when overhead she stayed put, and soon recovered. It was however, very loud
Noisy afternoon bonking sample but the sound is out of sync - I've got no "marker" to adjust it by.
Oh, I just opened the thread in another tab to check for "events" and found this, I suppose it shows it wasn't routinely "vicious":
SheilaFE said:16.50 there was a long sustained attacked by #1 on #2. It lasted l.75 minutes. Whether any thing happened earlier I can't say. Asha moved closer to them and this seemed to stop the fight.
Asha surely must have dropped the 19:39 fish, she was only gone for seconds
Asha returning from her midnight comfort break:
14 June
Canuck said:another stunning sunrise
PTZ view as per CC's capture
I think there needed to be more feather removed from the right wing but it would be difficult, given the sky pattern that side. You should have seen the mess on her return!
IMAGICAT
INTRUDER !!!
Asha and Brodie defending on nest.
EDIT
Asha and I had thought there was a fish coming, but there was Brodie chilling and preening without a fish (then he flew to the nest to defend vs unseen intruder):
FISH !!! !!! !!!
A fine whole fish, it may even have flapped a bit on landing:
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
A teeny visitor... with a Cuckoo calling in the background:
LG facebook page has a new video with a summary of what has been happening this week: https://fb.watch/l9A10B5B3M/
Asha on a hot 'n sunny afternoon, waiting for a fish:
And here was half a one:
I'm just doing a chick-vid from the other cam. Don't hold your breath!