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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
Simply lovely ''cameos'' of the chaffie Scylla. They look like book illustrations . Thank you so much. And the video with the Mistle Thrush again , just charming. I love its vocals and I think in all likelihood it was calling for its 2024 brood but love the way you caught it eyeballing the Chaffie.
And, what a fabulous blue sky.
Scylla, a question, please. I have a link for the UK Osprey information, on my tablet, that I must have found on an Osprey thread. We have a new poster, I was able to pass on information from that link, following a photo of an Osprey with a darvic ring.
Can I pass that link onto them, I have searched some Osprey threads where there were lots of links, but can't find it?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Catlady said:link for the UK Osprey informatio
Here you go, CATLADY
UK Osprey Information
Not sure why I deemed it necessary to do screenshots - overkill?
EDIT - For a permanent record, I've added the link to the Osprey Chat & CAM LINKS OP - much good may it do us, as that thread sinks without trace every year
23 September
We've had Mistle Thrush, GSW, Jay and many, many littler birdies today - plus this unusual "visitor" (sorry it's misty, you shoulda seen the untreated version!) - I hope there are plans for a cam to be set up on it:
There have been several outages but the cams are OK at the mo.
25 September
There was a huge hole in its left cheek, thru which the grass on the nest could be seen - I've filled it in as best I can but don't put your magnifier on it
Snow on that thar hill - it lessened on the 26th:
Oh my goodness.. what on earth caused the hole. I'm really upset as how can the bird possible eat and swallow !!!!!
Cirrus said:Oh my goodness.. what on earth caused the hole. I'm really upset as how can the bird possible eat and swallow !!!!!
I'm not sure if you're joking or not, CIRRUS - but just in case you're serious, I'll remind you of the "fault" common to all WildlifeWindows' cams - they create "artifacts" in the picture, especially when birds are flying - I've often had to paint out detached primaries from the sky, for example. In this instance, the cam created a see-thru hole in the tit's cheek!
Sadly, you've reminded me of the poor injured Mourning Dove who had a hole in its crop from which seeds emerged as fast as the birdie ate them - that was on the feeder in Akron Ohio, where guns abound
27 September
Only the Mistle Thrush and a Chaffinch were zoomed on today:
This one on the nest zoomed itself: