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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
Yesterday's chaffies were not easy to snap but this one gave us a split-second close-up... and the WindlfeWindows cam planted an agave on the horizon, made from a detached wing:
Klive this morning, on the nest and on the sawn-off old nest tree:
04 August
Only little birdies seen up to 09:50 - here was a Great Tit with ill-defined breast pattern attacking the lens for a couple of seconds - so it's slomo:
Milking it!
11:06 - Klive flew in, he was still there when I checked a few minutes ago: