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
First Asha fetched a stick in a flyaround, then she screeched 'n screeched at the intruder, who preened unconcerned before paying her a visit and accepting rejection:
And now I seem to have edited out the optimal poses for future ID but it's time to pack up for a while so that's that:
IMAGICAT
12.55 Intruder flew over. Asha called and mantled, but it passed quickly
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Just back from the garden. Asha is food soliciting, calling over to the back right.
14.05 It wasn't sustained.
Asha has -continued food soliciting to he who I think it Brodie, on the same tree as earlier!
He has just taken off, and she is quiet
Has he gone fishing? It is very windy and the PTZ cam is continually buffering.
Edit: but is it Brodie? We don't often get close ups of him. It's usually bring fish in an dash. I was so convinced, but Scylla's vid suggests more white than I am used to seeing.
An earlier snip - 20 June
8 June 15.53 Brodie
This is from Scylla's vid.
He does have a marked dark spot on either side of top of his head, Courtesy of Scylla
So perhaps today's bird was an intruder. I don't know!!
I reason that if it were an intruder on the bare topped tree, which she can see, as it's just beyond the nest, she would have been yelling blue murder. I feel that Brodie had been sticking around because there was an intruder around. Both seemed quite vigilant. Sadly I realise I don't have many close ups of Brodie which is remiss of me, particularly as the VC is using the PZT this year.
Comments welcome!!!
Is this a sign the 'osplets' are becoming 'chicks'!
SheilaFE said:s this a sign the 'osplets' are becoming 'chicks'!
I've not looked in for a while. Is that one of the chicks sitting on the post??