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
Latest blog/video from RSPB Loch Garten
'A waiting game' - the centre say they've seen no intruders near the nest so it may be that Brodie has been seeing them off
Thanks, KORKY.
I deliberately didn't mention the Poole-Goshawk incident because it didn't fit the category of being left alone on the nest vulnerable to predation. I've always got it in mind knowing that Goshawks are not far away from our Ospreys here - I thnk we saw one on the dead treetop early in the life of the new cams.
IMAGICAT
19.07 I have just checked to see #1 having a go at #2, who submitted. I haven't gone back to see whether it was a one off or sustained. Is this hunger kicking in?
To make matters worse for Brodie, it's now raining
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SheilaFE said: #1 having a go at #2, who submitted. I haven't gone back to see whether it was a one off or sustained.
It wasn't sustained, SHEILA, soon Asha settled on both - but since then she's had a flyabout and is now on the perch.
She is clearly unsettled at the moment. Wandering, checking the nest,possibly in search of leftovers. Chicks are food soliciting, loudly
It is interesting that Asha has been largely silent for the last 3/4 hours whilst the chicks are increasingly vocal. Almost as if she knows she has to conserve energy
ps. I don't know about anyone else, but my evening has been entirely ruined by worrying about this nest. A not infrequent occurrence....think 'Lady', 'Odin/EJ', 'Nora/Ceulan'......
Unknown said:think 'Lady', 'Odin/EJ', 'Nora/Ceulan'......
I'm not going to start a new thread for July tonight, we'll see how it goes.
Edit
Eek - i was just going to add July to the thread title but found that KORKY had been so kind as to start the month for me, I remember now.