and settles in the hope of being joined
After a lovely preen flew at 17.51(Their Clock)
Link to Somerset
www.somersetwildlife.org/swtbarnowls
7th May
All 4 chicks at Lorton, present and correct this evening. The eldest two, on the left, now have their eyes open (the eldest one's are more open in this pic)
An announcement from Len Pick today
Len Pick
Morning all
Len pick cam time stamp is faulty me thinks , it is showing at moment that it is 14.00 8th May
so still three chicks.
Lorton seem to be doing well with even tiniest getting oersonal feed from Mum, even though sibling tries to take some from its mouth, unsuccessful
Yes, Kate, all four are doing well
Cropped. #2 preening #4's head
Cropped
Thanks Sandra
One was trying to eat a prey this morning Chol:) but decided would wait for Mum
Update Len Pick
When the fourth chick was due to hatch last Thursday, the camera stopped relaying pictures.
By now all five eggs should have hatched but there is no way of knowing for sure.
If the picture doesn’t return we won’t be able to do anything until they are ringed by our licensed ringers in June.
We will publish an updated blog then.
Let's hope the cam comes back on before then, Kate! Thanks for the update.
Meanwhile, at Lorton...
#4 having a feed this morning.
It was swallowing some prey here. Biggie next to it had been given a chunk from mum to deal with
#4 back for more
It appears that mum is out hunting now too. It's a good job she is with having 4 hungry beaks to feed!
13th May
The Len Pick camera is back online - 4 chicks and one egg
The fifth should have hatched by now?
Lorton...All 4 chicks appear to be well
Many thanks for updates Sandra & Kate
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
You're welcome, Wendy!