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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
May 29. 12:48:31 on ptz cam, can see two birds zooming over the nest while KL5 is on it alarm calling. The birds appear to be way above the nest and moving too fast to ID.
12:48:42 one of the birds makes a repeat pass. It zooms by like a shot.
KL5 relaxes a minute or two later. Hops up to the nest perch, then leaves at 13:10
I'm not ignoring you or have forgotten you, but I'm not available for a while. Bb much later.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
FISH.
20:41:00 KL5 lands on dead tree by the tower. He has a fish. Asha is calling from the nest.
21:55 KL5 flies to the nest with the remains of his fish. It's a small piece. At least it was an easy handover this time. Asha takes it and flies off.
KL5 stays on the nest. Feaks his beak. Rearranges some grass, Nest cupping at 21:59.
22:00 KL5 flies off.
30 May
4:25 female to nest
4:47 Klive to nest
4:51 U mating attempt
4:55 Klive flies the nest but female continues soliciting
SheilaFE wrote the following post at 29 May 2024 22:05:
As long as you're OK, dear Sheila, we'll just have to wait
29 May
Here was Asha yesterday morning at 09:00:
A bit later, having been followed from the nest perch:
She brought a bale of hay:
It was quite a lot whe spread out:
Only in focus for a short time:
The cams went down for a while in the early afternoon.
EJFan said:30 May 4:25 female to nest 4:47 Klive to nest 4:51 U mating attempt 4:55 Klive flies the nest but female continues soliciting
Thank you, EJFan :)))
Klie did not attempt to mate on arrival this morning:
I'm worn out already, SYAL !!!
They've both been on 'n off the nest but there's been a lot of ENS so far.
13:13 Klive flew to branch behind tower with fish, then the PTZ found him:
Maybe Asha's off fishing for herself.
What is the colourful beautiful bird at the bottom of your post?
May 30, 2024 - Day complete
Fish: 13:13:25 (KL5)
Mating: 4:51 F, 8:07 S, 8:19 S, 16:08 F. All with KL5.
The (S)uccess or (F)ailure indication is purely my untrained observation.
2 S, 2 F
Canuck said:What is the colourful beautiful bird at the bottom of your post?
I think you must mean the Great Spotted Woodpecker with no red bits showing
(I'm off now for quite a long time.)