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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
I accidentally deleted a session of PTZ - fished it out of Recycle Bin and found a small falcon on the cam perch, briefly, at 08:00. It's too precisely, narrowly striped to fit exactly anything I know - I thought it must be a Kestrel but...
What a shame it's too early for a cam zoom, my crop just makes it even more grainy:
Narrow horizontal stripes all the way down its back, vertical stripes down its front, of which we can't see much. Maybe it's a young version of something?
EDIT - I'm onto my umpteenth typo correction, the rest will have to stay there cos I gotta eat !!!
What a beautiful Ketrel . I think the magnification (or something) makes the stripes look broader somehow. anyway, lovely video Scylla dear