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
Unknown said:Scylla what's happened re the crossbill????? Did she eat the spider???
TREVOR witnessed a GSW put paid to the spider, KORKY - I'm recovering from mental abuse, I'll be doing my best to put it on the record asap
Unknown said:But how about the Redstart?
See what I mean? The voting has closed on The Wickedest Member in the Whole of the RSPB, and I'm also recovering from self-inflicted bruises thru kicking myself, as per instructions in another thread, which RICHARD couldn't resist carrying over here from LotL to rub my nose in the mire.
Seriously tho - whatever came over me? I could at least have ID'd it as a RedChat but it never entered my head.
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IMAGICAT
scylla said:- I'm recovering from mental abuse,
Pray tell us who it was
scylla said: Wickedest Member
what about the poor GSW that has no RECORD to show for it
scylla said: never entered my head
Now tell the truth about the lack of chaffinches and Redstarts in
YOUR REPORT
ONE LAST WORD Howzat
EDIT VID & pick's please
Richard B
I was carrying the Redstart comment with me everywhere, RICHARD, it was blow after blow to my fragile ego
trevor l said:what about the poor GSW that has no RECORD to show for it
Dealing with the "poor" GSW has been driving me crazy for the past hour - this video is about one-fifth as long as the original, I'll do more separately later but am almost on the floor with hyposity right now.
I think there was a whole family here, Mum, Dad and Lad ???
The intro is for non-LG YouTubers so they know what we've been thru.
trevor l said:Scylla we love all your posts we all enjoy the friendly banter
Indeed! And if anyone's been casting nasturtiums on scylla's character they've got 1,287 people who post here to answer to
Unknown said:1,287
Is it significant that that number is divisible by 3?... Which sounds a bit more likely
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
More GSW! I think this was the juvie - he has red patches on his crown:
Here an FF of the PTZ view - it shows that other birdies were not put off entirely by the presence of the bigger GSWs.