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
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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SheilaFE said:I can't see any sign of another fish
Me neither, and that's up to 23:30
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gemgem.jk@gmail**LINK BOCKED** said:Unfortunately with the current set up, I have to use pdf docs, hopefully this will change over the winter months, when I have more time to set things up. The use of bands is purely my choice as I prefer it when it comes to the past tense.
It's very kind of you to take the time to respond to my unreasonable quibbling, GEMGEM - especially as you are not familiar with it, like wot everyone else is
23 June
04:32 FISH !!! !!! !!!
Headless not-whopper - Brodie stayed a little while, then watched from a tree - which we can see cos they didn't zoom in too close last night
(EDIT - I forgot to add caption re huge delay on sound.)
Another forgotten snap - this was Asha returning from a flyaround @ 03:36:
SheilaFE said:I think Brodie's absences have been him keeping intruders away from his territory rather than a lack of fishing prowess.
I agree, SHEILA - and we've seen several individuals, what about the unseen ones?
SheilaFE said:09.57 FISH #2!! A whole, flapping fish!!
I just finished checking that time because I could see Brodie in the distance and Asha appeared to be feeding the chicks - but this was the view mysteriously chosen by the PTZ camperson! That wing was all we saw of the delivery:
Nest cam:
Talking of intruders... !!! PTZ is focused on an unknown, unringed Osprey preening on a branch. Snaps to follow.
10.57 Brodie on look out
11.02 still watching
11.02 Brodie flew to the dead tree, for a higher perch
11.22 Asha's fish soliciting turned into Intruder Scream as an osprey flew over the nest.
11.22.35 and another fly over. Intruder over Asha
11.22.56 Intruder over Asha
11.23 Asha continued intruder calling. By this time I think Brodie was 'escorting' it away.
11.24 Calm Although an osprey could be seen flying over the nest, I am not sure whether it was the intruder, or Brodie before he left.