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Thread for April 2024
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Please read Korky's comprehensive March 2024 intro
Asha & Brodie
The partnership has matured this season, with Asha continuing her good female role (and she loves nest-building) and Brodie being more reliable, both fishing and incubating.
The pair have fought their way thru all kinds of nasty weather - snow, wind and rain - and intruders, including the dreaded KL5 Klive, have been a nuisance but not dangerous...
so far.
21 April @ 10:47
24 April @ 14:06
27 April @ 13:27
EDIT
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Sadly, the month of May heralded irresistible aggression from BlueKL5 "Klive", who had ruined the end of last season for the 2 juvies.
Within the first 2 days Klive had driven Brodie from the area (tho Brodie did return a couple of times to dive-bomb Klive, to no effect) and destroyed the eggs. He commenced to woo Asha clumsily, selfishly and inappropriately, as can be seen from the following pages.
IMAGICAT
Asha arrived on the campost (PTZ view) at 03:58:
Joined briefly by Brodie without fish:
Asha waited in vain until 06:44, then flew off... as will I, SYAL.
From cam chat KL5 has been back!
11:39 unringed male on nest giving alarm calls
Wednesday 9 May 2024
04.44 Asha drops to the nest and drops into a half-hearted mantle as Brodie flies in to join her. She calls and they stand amiably side by side as the sun begins to colour the sky.
04.45 Brodie flew off below the nest and disappeared
05.11.38 Asha flies to the nest perch
06.29 She drops to the nest and starts calling loudly, then frenetically.
06.44 Asha leaves the nest
06.55 Redstart on nest perch
07.27 Canuck Asha flies to tree branch to right of tower. She has a FISH. (We know it is Asha from ptz closeup later on)
07.48 Canuck KL5 flies to the totem pole, to the left of tower
07.49 KL5 lands on the nest!!
07.56 Up to the nest perch.
08.01 Down to the nest
tbc
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
A quite flit thru, and Brodie has been back, intruder chipping and mantling. I think I heard sky dancing above, so that is possibly KLive.
08.35 KLive flew off
08.43 Klive returns over the trees to the top right.
09.03 KLive flies off
09.04 Brodie lands, intruder chipping and mantles at intruder unseen but to the right, back of the main cam. Possibly in the sky?
09.06 Brodie flies off.
09.16 Zoom cam Asha with a fish on possibly Odin's perch. Where did that come from.
10.27 Asha flies off with her fish
11.36 Brodie landed, intruder chipping
11.42 Sky dancing??? above the nest. Perhaps KLive needs to go to specsavers!
11.43 Brodie lifts up in the wind and disappears.
It's turned into a beautiful, breezy day.
Thanks Sheila. I would add the following to your summary:
6:44 Asha leaves nest
7:27:47 Asha flies to tree branch to right of tower. She has a FISH. (We know it is Asha from ptz closeup later on)
7:48 KL5 flies to top of post to left of tower
7:49 KL5 lands on the nest
9:16 closeup of Asha on the branch with her fish (on ptz)
10:27 Asha flies off with her fish (on ptz)
Thank you Canuck. I have been trying to snip her, but it ain't just working for me. I found her on Zoom, having been concentrating on the nest cam. I was beginning to doubt myself in IDing them in different settings!So presumably the fish was quietly brought in by KLive, off the nest???
I'm off for now. ENS
I haven't caught up, but I did find this from Aviemore Ospreys on the LG Abernethy FB page. A comment to their post y'day. He hasn't updated his page today. Whether it is about Brodie, being a relatively new boy on the block I really don't know.
Aviemore ospreys
Had a male sitting at the pond this afternoon and early evening, not sure if he's struggling to catch a fish or just watching as they sometimes do, or getting a bit territorial, fed the fish.. dropped the water level and now sit and watch, I'll know for sure which it is if not tonight by the morning, this morning I had a male get chased out of the tree by another male, then the both flew off in close quarters together, no chasing .. in15 yrs and thousands of mornings I've never seen that before.