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
I'm not keeping up today due to other duties,, but every time I glance at the LG cams... there's eating going on
SYAL!
IMAGICAT
EEK!
FISH !!! !!! !!!
EDIT
Just a half - I think this was 2C4 with a welcoming shout ;)
2C5 wasn't interested, you can see why:
Canuck said:10:46:50 Great footage on PTZ of Asha chasing off an intruder. Both osprey circling in sky against backdrop of moody clouds. Hats off to the cam operator.
Oh! So that's why the PTZ cam seemed to slip again! Thanks for the heads-up, CANUCK, I've been very busy so missed the drama on PTZ.
Uh-oh
Scylla said:
The PTZ is still focused on the trees behind the nest:
Now it's in a big, big buffer.
And it was like that until much later when I manually refreshed the screen, cos I'm not downloading this stream. Rollback here I come again, I'll be a dab hand soon
12 00 .PTZ shows KL5 at back ov'e old nest and Harry on the nest kicking up a din No sign ov'e Brodie or Mistle must be fishing
Canuck said:08:59:01 blue ringed intruder (KL5) lands on nest and the 2 boys flap it off. It hops to cam pole, then back to nest where boys flap it off again. See PTZ.
Thank you, CANUCK
The PTZ had a look downwards but I couldn't see anyone/thing there to warrant it - maybe you can - or were they just flexing the joints?
A pair of Chaffies were on/around the nest for maybe 10 minutes - this is the only close-up:
Ned to take a break.