LOCH GARTEN 2024 - May to end of season

16:45:52

Where the hell is that damn bug/spider?  Arrrgh!!

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Thank you, CANUCK - and it's goodnight from me

June 14  

4:33 Asha lands on the cam perch.  She stays on it a long time, until 8:30 when she hops down to the nest.

8:30 Asha hops down to the nest.  She goes into her fish dance.  KL5 flies past the nest and at 8:31 lands on the old nest branch with his fish.  She is not happy!

8:42 KL5 is on the old nest branch eating his fish.

8:48 the fish tail goes down.  Nothing for Asha!  He feaks his beak and flies off at 8:50.

She chips at him and flies off at 9:25.  A bit more preening and he leaves at 9:50 for a brief spin around the neighbourhood and is back 30 seconds later.  

9:51:58 Asha lands on the old nest with a fish!  She is chirping at him.  He is on the nest, hears her and takes a look.  She caught that fish within 30 minutes!

He flies off at 10:12.

10:20 KL5 flies to the nest with a gnarly branch. Meanwhile Asha is still chirping at him. 

Does some light housekeeping and is off at 10:27. 

9:59 The PTZ cam finds Asha on the old nest branch with a big fish!  

12:09  guess who shows up?  It's KL5 with his own fish.  A whopper.  He lands right beside Asha.  Hahahaha!  He is something else!

They both tuck in.

12:40 he flies off with his fish

12:47 Asha flies off with her fish

Heavy sigh

12:44:36 an unringed O lands on the nest.  Same as June 12.

12:53:49 an O makes a brief touchdown on the old nest post and is off. 

12:54:07 the unringed O lands on the nest.

12:54:39 KL5 flies in with his fish and lands on the nest beside the unringed O.  He mantles. 

12:54:44 The unringed O dives for his fish.  KL5 takes off and they both tumble over the side of the nest.

And they fly off.

12:55:17 the unringed O lands back on the nest.

12:55:26  KL5 dive-bombs her.

12:55:43  KL5 lands on the old nest branch.  The unringed O is still on the nest.  You can hear KL5 alarm calling. 

12:55:55  KL5 dive-bombs again

12:56:08 KL5 lands on a tree behind the nest.  He still has his fish.

12:57:55 He takes off with his fish

And lands back on the old nest branch where he continues to eat.  He seems unconcerned about the unringed O on the nest.

14:47:38  The unringed O takes off

I'm having to set another place-holder - started doing a "14th morning" video, thinking it wouldn't be very long - but then one thing after another and I have to break off for a nap

Thank you for the multi-snap report, CANUCK !!!

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EDIT

The morning until Asha and Klive end up on Odin's branch, each with their own fish:

I didn't stay long enough to get the best shot of the two - but the colours are lovely:

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The female intruder.

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.Klive was still on Odin's perch, sopping wet, when camperson went off duty - and both cams suddenly went down for 6 minutes:

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Quote CANUCK:

Mantle means... ... ... 3: the one-wing and same-side leg stretch. 

I didn't know that either, thanks Canuck - but the bird world should know that I disagree with using the same term for totally different postures, they need to think up something else, grrr.

Can any of us?  

This is a job for (((Korky)))

June 14 2024 - Day complete

Fish: 8:31:31 (KL5), 9:59:24 (Asha), 12:09:13 (KL5)

Mating: 8:57 F. All with KL5

The (S)uccess or (F)ailure indication is purely my untrained observation.  

0 S, 1 F

22:04:14  KL5 stretches one wing and the leg on the same side. 

I learned today that that is called "mantle".  It is another meaning of that word. 

Mantle means:1:  the feathers in the upper middle of the back that form a “V” shape below the neck feathers (the nape) on the back of the head; 2: when a raptor spreads its wings and haunches over its prey after capturing and while eating it and 3: the one-wing and same-side leg stretch.  So cool.

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I commented on your "mantle" info in my inserted post above, CANUCK

15 June

Asha didn't stay long on this misty morning:

Klive turned up for much longer, he even brought a couple of sticks, eg: