I start this thread with a heavy heart, as Brodie hasn't been seen at all on Friday 30th June. The last fish delivered to the nest was at 21.11 on 28 June, over 48 hours ago. Brodie was last sighted at 09.10 hours on 29 June, over 36 hours ago.
Chick 1 hatched 'early morning' on the 4 June and chick 2 overnight on 6 June. One egg didn't hatch (maybe number 1?). There were lots of intruders during the month of June, including KL5, and last year's male Axel on the weekend of 17/18th. Brodie has disappeared before for a couple of days, and no fish were delivered over the first weekend after hatching on 10/11th June so maybe we should keep the faith and cross all eyes, toes and fingers that Brodie will come good, recover from whatever keeps him away from his nest and chicks, and deliver a stonking fish first thing on 1 July.
Link to June 2023 thread
Brodie with a huge fish!I do have a question..I haven't seen brodie much live the past days.. but is his chest lighter coloured or is Asha's turned darker?
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Brodie delivers another whopper 12.22
Good lad, keep them coming.
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They say on chat Asha brought the first tiddler.
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Unknown said:They say on chat Asha brought the first tiddler.
No it was Brodie, see top snap. But Asha wasn't on the nest, so possible confusion. Brodie looked a bit non-plussed, even thought it was an opportunity for him to be solo with the kids and flew off leaving kids with fish. Asha arrived back about 5 minutes later around 07.33 (bottom snap), and spent a couple of minutes yelling no doubt at Brodie, then settled down to feed, but not after Chick 1 had taken the fish from under her beak, in an effort to self feed, and pecked Asha when she tried to take it from him/her.
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The 12.22 fish was indeed a whopper. The boy's making up for lost time (around 58 hours to be precise......). My Saturday is no longer ruined