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
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
I can't stop to give this any more thought or exploration, am gping to shut everything down to run some tests.
IMAGICAT
26 June
(Test result said "OK" so I only did one. Performing better now but I'm opening programs staggered to find out if one is responsible.)
A flurry of activity over a few minutes after 01:00:
Asha was spooked - the only culprit I could see was a large flying insect behind the sticks on the right side, you could see it thru the sticks:
That prompted an impressive squit from a chick:
Returning from a very quick flyabout:
G;night chaps!
07.28 good sized fish. And an unhatched egg still in view!
(c) RSPB Loch Garten
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
JillR said:The bird that landed briefly on the nest was a great spotted woodpecker,
Oh JILL, I was so looking forward to showing off my bird ID prowess when I saw CANUCK's post - and then I saw yours, and I wept
CANNUCK, here is a link to a father and child ("child", because my prowess doesn't extend to gendering youngsters - but I can tell you that adult males have a red patch on the back of their head, females don't) at the Loch Garten peanut feeder, nice clear views to learn from.
My prowess also doesn't extend to cover when they have a red cap or not
EDIT !!!
See KORKY's info on next page