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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)
FAMILY PORTRAIT
Our 3 thriving chicks almost adult sized with Harry and Flora. As of 01/07/23 the chicks are 42, 40 and 38 days old.
And the chicks faces (with Flora)
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13.11 Chick #1, with Flora looking on, almost Angel like!
13.37 Chicks #2 and #3 practising flapping
13.38 #1 practises flapping at a very fast speed
14.52 Harry brings a small fish
Flora collects it and starts the feed.
14.55 #1 manages to get the tail
Feed is finished
One of the chicks gets feisty with Flora when she arrives at the nest without a fish.
17.50 Aww, gotta love that face! Flora She’s getting ready to receive a fish from Harry.
Another small one, Flora takes the fish and mantles over it.
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Flora must be hungry, she starts eating the fish herself.
The chicks’ feed begins, not much to go round though.
17.54 Flora finishes the feed as she swallows the tail.
21.03 Flora brings in a fish
Somehow the fish was taken from Flora by two chicks.
The chicks (#1 and #2) ended up having a tug o war with the fish.
#1 (left) won #2 raised its head to #1 who then showed dominance and flapped #2 off
#1 has very good self feeding skills now and ate the whole fish.
Flora left the nest again at 21.18
23.36 The chicks are cuddled in, rain falling. Flora isn’t on the nest, she’s probably nearby, perhaps on the cam pole.
Friday 7 July
Flora returned to the nest at 06.23
Harry delivered a small fish at 07.27
2 chicks fighting over one piece again
An intruder landed at 08.28. Looks like one of the birds from the other day.
Stayed a wee while. I think the chicks were food begging in the end! 08.46 until Flora arrived with a small fish and the intruder flew off
Next fish delivery from Harry, a flat fish. Chick #2 gets it initially.
Flora arrives. She manages to get the fish and shares the feed.
Later, Flora lets #1 take the fish.
Flora takes the fish back again to once more control the feed.
14.10 Harry with another nice flatfish
Flora takes it
She begins the feed
#1 now has the fish in its talons. #2 grabs it with its beak
These two birds are quite evenly matched now but #1 holds on and eats the fish.
16.15 Another flatfish from Harry. He must’ve found a good source.
Again Flora gets the fish first, grabbing the black plastic at the same time.
She controls the feed until one chick gets the tail