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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
Oh dear, Scylla. I have every sympathy with you. It is so painful. The meds suggest the best thing it to keep active, but from my experience that's the last thing you want to do. Do take care.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
17:52 Klive to nest alarm calling
17:51:30 KL5 lands with fish. Alarm calls, An O can be seen in the distance. KL5 takes off with the fish at 17:54
18:06 KL5 follows Asha to the nest. He has his fish and flies off with it seconds later. To dead tree behind tower. Asha stays on nest screaming at him.
19:25 KL5 returns to the nest, without the fish. Cleans beak. Asha looks down at his feet, no fish, and she lays into him. It is quite funny to watch her screech into his ear.
19.46 Asha lands on the nest, calling. Followed in by Klive, who lands on her and attempts rto mate. Asha doesn't cooperate, and flaps him off.
19.53 Klive is on nest perch looking away from the nest..
20.02 Asha has been calling all the time. KlIve has now flown off.
20.45 she continued calling and finally flew off.
21.20 Klive lands
21.22 he flies to nest perch
21.36 Klive flies away
22.25 still ENS. The wind may have changed direction slightly. The mic sounds noisy.
15 May 4:04 both birds to nest simultaneously
4:29 mating attempt (U)
4:33 & 4:35 2 more (both u) mating attempts
4:38 Klive leaves nest and perches atop dead pine visible in the middle of zoom cam
4:46 4th (u) mating attempt of the morning