Link to July 2023 thread
July proved to be a less nail-biting month than June. Brodie re-appeared early on the 1st and delivered fish (including flounder) to the nest every day bar 1 thereafter, with a record count of 7 on the 21st. Asha also fished and delivered a salmon on the 3rd, as well as quite a few sticks, not least one to replace the sticky-up stick on the nest that got removed on ringing day - 12th July. We have 2 boys, as only 7% of those surveyed had predicted. 2C5 (oldest) became Sid (Vicious) and 2C4 (youngest) is Harry (Nilsson). We had some cracking snaps particularly from the PTZ camera, a 2am fish, self-feeding started, and wing-flapping and helicoptering. Bets are on for a fledge or two very early in August. Sid is 58 days and Harry 56 days on the 1st of August
16.16 KL5 flew from the dead tree. Just after I snipped this - he is just visible on the tree top, far left
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16:10 P Paul Boughton @Patrick McPhail I agree it is very concerning. I spoke to LG at lunchtime, they didn’t seem to be worried
16:13 Sue W @Paul Boughton - maybe they know something that we cannot see.
16:17 P Paul Boughton They did say that they had seen 2C5 today but not Brodie and 2C4 the gentleman thought that they would be seen in the next day or so. He told me it was usual at this point.
I think I might be a weeny bit more concerned than that, given what we've seen this morning, and over the previous two days!
The last we saw of Brodie was yesterday, 11 August, at 13.45 when he brought in a flounder when Sid/2C5 claimed it after an nasty altercation with his sibling.
PTZ is on the nest now. ENS
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I think that Brodie just landed with a supper*** FISH !!! !!! !!!
But he didn't wait long before flying off with it.
***I meant to type "super" but was misled by the white flash on the PTZ cam, so "supper" was actually more fitting ;)
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18:40
scylla, a flat fish! Perhaps that's why he hasn't been around. He's been over to the coast.
He looked a bit puzzled that no one came to get it.
Canuck said:scylla, a flat fish!
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Brodie ate the fish and flew off @ 19:35:
13 August
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