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All pictures and videos courtesy of Wildlife Windows and Dorset Raptor Study Group
2023 THREAD
*** 2024 CAM *** (select the LIVE thumbnail)
QUOTE per ©️WildlifeWindows-DRSG
The adult male is the same male (he is ringed) but we think the female is a new bird as she doesn’t have the aberrant white feather on her head which has been present in previous years.
3 eggs have been laid which is a normal clutch size for hobbies.
Egg 1, 2nd June 6:47 pm
Egg 2, 5th June 6:46 am (60 hours)
Egg 3, 7th June 8:04 pm (61.25 hours)
Hatching should start approx. end of the first week in July
Hasty snaps to start us off:
THREE eggs:
Mama:
This season the cam has been enhanced with nighttime IR, hooray!
Mama tucked for the night:
IMAGICAT
Very difficult to be sure Scylla but I would have thought dragonfly as it was quite large & substantial, the only damsels I have seen are very light & delicate!
2013 photos & vids here
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WendyBartter said: I would have thought dragonfly as it was quite large
Oh! And I thought it was small so it must be a damselfly - but I have no experience of either.
02 August
Wow! This seems a sudden advancement - eyas is given the prey to deal with itself, and it does seem to manage - altho I only caught one "biting sighting":
Up to 15:00 there were at least 5 dragonfly meals. In the middle snap, you can only see the wings sticking up against the field background.
Then there were bird meals fed by Mama at 18:00 and 19:30. That's up to 21:00.
03 August
Growing up quickly - although my heart is in my mouth every time she practices on the edge of the nest
Cin J
04 August
Feather development (plus, I saw about 3 feeds by Mama during the day):
05 August
I'd have done a longer, more comprehensive version but am too tired.
Short & sweet is good Scylla ... preserves my nerves!! Great footage of a fearless youngster!
08 August
A little progress this morning:
Soooo adventurous already and starting to look much different with losing more of that fluff!
Thanks for lovely footage Scylla!