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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
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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
Such a pretty view with the light and long shadows. Asha on the perch.
June 6, 2024 - Day complete
Fish: 16:01:30 (Asha on ptz), 19:42:56 (KL5)
Mating: 3:43 F 20:43 F All matings with KL5.
The (S)uccess or (F)ailure indication is purely my untrained observation.
0 S, 2 F
June 6. The PTZ cam finds Asha eating a fish on a distant tree at 16:01.
She flies off at 16:40 and lands on the nest. Fish is gone. Feaks her beak. Hops up to the nest perch at 17:32 and flies off at 17:41.
19:29:45 an O lands on top of old nest pole.
19:38 the O flies to the nest. It is the unringed male from the other day. It rearranges things on the nest. Then iIt mantles.
19:42 Asha flies in and it flies off.
19:42:56 KL5 flies to the nest with a whole fish. He mantles. Asha is still there. Can see the other O flying in the distance. Both Asha and KL5 mantle.
19:43:20 the other O passes over the nest and KL5 takes off with his fish to give chase. Asha still on the nest mantling.
19:50:55 KL5 passes over the nest. He has a fish. Flies to a tree in the distance and eats it. Flies off from there at 19:57. (Thanks Scylla for catching that. I missed it.)
19:57 KL5 lands on the nest but he doesn't have the fish!! It was a nice whole one too. He ate that fast !!
19:58 KL5 flies off but makes a quick u-turn to land on the nest perch
20:00 KL5 flies off from the perch. Asha remains on the nest.
12:43-12:52 - Klive (well, his BTO ring was briefly seen) preened, fishless:
Canuck said:Fish
Asha picked up distantly, she's nearly finished it:
To nest for a potter:
17:41 she flew from the perch, out to the left past the old nest area. It's been windy.
19:38 INTRUDER?! potters on nest, then Asha shoos it off, then Klive arrives fluttering a small whole fish, which he takes away and eats on the usual tree behind the (PTZ) nest. Last time I checked, Asha was still on the nest.
Great catch Scylla. I missed that KL5 flew with his fish to a tree in the distance (on ptz) and ate it there. But he ate that very fast !! It was a nice sized fish for him to finish it in 12 min.
06 June
20:43 Klive turned up for a failed mating, he flew off 3 minutes later. Asha eventually flew at 21:41.
07 June
Thru the day - did Brodie turn up? The 2 dots on his head made me wonder.
I'm away for hours.
I am betting that is Brodie. Nice to see him.
June 7, 2024 - Day complete
Fish: 11:52:22 (KL5 on ptz), 16:16:38 (Asha on ptz with an eel)
Mating: None
0 S, 0 F
11:52:22 KL5 on old nest post. He has the remains of a fish.
He looks majestic perched there with the fish in his left talons. He flies to a different tree at 14:13 and then flies off from that at 14:56 with the remains of the fish.
No handover to Asha.