Link to season’s opening post here
Link to May 2023 here
RECAP
Flora HK0 arrived 30 March 2023
Harry (unringed) arrived 4 April 2023
EGG No. 1 laid 15 April - Hatched 21 May (37 days)
EGG No. 2 laid 18 April - Hatched 23 May (36 days)
EGG No. 3 laid 21 April - Hatched 25 May (35 days)
All going well so far. Harry is a prolific fisher and is averaging about 7-8 fish a day.
Another couple of deliveries tonight
18.40 a small fish
Flora had just found a small discarded fish on the nest 5 minutes before when Harry arrived with a fresh one. She quickly dropped the old for new!
A bigger delivery, brown trout.
Sun 4 June
A quick summary of today’s fish so far. I’m having to abbreviate on this nest because I didn’t realise before just how many fish a day Harry would be bringing in and it’s taking so much time to cover them al!!
Fish #1 04.27 Day cam hasn’t switched over yet!
Small live
Fish #2 slightly bigger, live 04.41
Fish #3 slightly bigger again, live
Fish #4 arrives when Flora is still feeding with fish #3!
Harry waits with the fish
Flora gives him 3 short noted contact calls and he flies off
to return at 08.57 with the slightly eaten version.
Fish #5 biggest one yet, live brown trout
After a long wait for the next fish, it arrived at 17.35
Looks like a pikeSince the chicks have had time to digest their last meal, they’re all ready for this one and diving in at the same time for each bite.
It’s a big fish though so plenty to go around.
18.39 another feed from the pike
It’s finished off this time.
Fish delivery #7 at 20.15. Small live one
The chicks are sleepy. Initially only #1 gets up. Chick #2 (front) had its head under the black plastic.
The other two chicks came to the feed. #1 was still getting fed
The chicks ended up in a line
Flora munches down the tail and that’s it gone. A less than four minute’s feed.
Tuesday 6 June iPad is behaving better today after I deleted 100’s of photos!
Harry’s fishing report so far today
06.03 Harry’s first fish (tiny) brought in. A bit misty this morning.
07.04 Second fish, slightly bigger.
08.16 Third fish, bigger again
Chick #1 front and #2 rear showing curiosity behind Flora. #1 fiddling with a stick.
12.52 Fourth fish, about the same size as third.
13.40 Fifth fish, smaller than last two
#3 didn’t join the feed until later on when #1 had turned away. #3 got a good feed then. #2 looks on.
15.15 Sixth fish, small again
Seventh fish 16.20 small again
17.43 Eighth fish, best one of the day by far, still not big yet though.
It was very slippery and wriggly and nearly went over the edge. Luckily Harry had a good grip until Flora was able to grab with her beak and drag it into the nest.
Three very full chicks.
19.15 Harry has saved the best fish until the end. No. 9
19.29 Feed finished as the last chick turns away.
19.47 Harry comes and takes the fish away for his supper.