Raptor cams 2012

[Scylla]

Apr 26, 2012 17:51:09 GMT magicma said:

Apr 25, 2012 20:23:33 GMT Scylla said:

Hi Scyll - I seem to be getting back to normal now - will the suggested prunes be okay? I don't want to make myself be the opposite now?!!!

Re Cornflakes - what do you suggest to replace them with please?? My grandaughter commented on cornflakes as well.
I don't really know much about this healthy eating, so please guide me along the way. Fank you MMa xx

Your eating habits have served you well apart from the "ease of evacuating" problem. You need your breakfast to contain bulk and a softener. Unrefined cereal will give you bulk, the prunes = softener - two prunes might do on a daily basis.

I buy Sainsbury's big blue bags of unsweetened muesli, but that might be too different from cornflakes to start off with. Bran flakes do contain sugar but weight is not a problem for you so you could try them - if you let them soak for 5 minutes they shouldn't be too harsh compared to cornflakes, but you'll have to be "willing". Weetabix is whole wheat without extra bran, but they go to mush and you might not like that. Jordans do crispy-chewy-oaty things, a bit too hard on my teef if I remember rightly but I'm not up-to-date cos have stuck with muesli for so long.

Onto nicer things

NOTTINGHAM PEREGRINES:



CHARING X PEREGRINES (chick 3 not expected to survive, not getting fed ):



Oops, just got angry bear

[Queenie Bee]

Apr 28, 2012 0:45:21 GMT @foxy9212 said:

Apr 26, 2012 13:18:45 GMT Queenie Bee said:

Wow that is amazing that nest is huge

Apparently it's around six feet wide x 5ft deep and very heavy.

Fox

nature just has me in awe fox the animal kingdom is amazing

[magicma]

Thanks for the info Scyll - I don't fancy eating a Peregrine !!

I may give Weetabix a try - used to like them.

Awe poor little third chick - they're sitting on him which doesn't help!! MMa

[Scylla]

Apparently chick #3 sat up and got fed yesterday

The CHICHESTER PEREGRINES HAVE FOUR CHICKS! Here's a really nice vid of feeding time:




Talking of nest sizes, this picture brought home to me the size of EJ and Odin's, perched at the top of a tree:



I've posted that pic as png and jpg and it won't display, I'll have to post as attachment separately

[Scylla]

The CORNISH BARN OWLS now have EIGHT EGGS!!! I'm dreading what will happen to the littluns. The first egg was laid on my birthday, 31st March, so there's nearly a month between first and last This is a very short vid with Mama showing us the eggs twice - I couldn't believe my eyes!

EDIT - Nor should I have believed my eyes - there are still "only" SEVEN eggs. I counted 'em over and over and made it eight last night but it wasn't




EJ's little head in her nest (click on the link under the pic and it will enlarge - even for me it works ):

[nicky]

Fab vids and pics, Scylla , can't see the last vid says it's been removed by you.

[Scylla]

That's cos I was seeing things, Nicky, there were only 7 eggs. I worry about myself sometimes

Our raptors (and all other nesting birds without shelter) are having a really hard time, many chicks perishing thru lack of food because of bad hunting weather. This is the Nottingham perry last night:

[magicma]

I'm confused!! But lovely pics. MMa

[foxy9212]

Both parents feeding.

www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

Fox

[Scylla]

They are doing SO WELL, Foxy :-)

Not like our peregrines But here's a DEFIANT ONE

[foxy9212]

That certainly is a puffed up peregrine scylla. It's shocking weather for all our nesting birds; I have a very sensible pair of blackbirds raising chicks in my ivy hedge - I've left it uncut so they are sheltered by hundreds of little umbrellas!

Fox

[Scylla]

That's lovely, Foxy I've been reading about lots of waders being devastated by floods As well as all the other disasters wrought by the weather. Our ospreys are suffering snow, hail, wind and rain!

On a cheerier note, the Decorah eages have a cheeky house-guest and family I'm assuming they'll continue to survive as they've got this far.

[Scylla]

Nice shots of Great Spirit Bluff peregrines changing incubating shifts. The male, being smaller, has a helluva job getting all the eggs underneath

[Scylla]

There's just one Nottingham peregrine chick left, apparently it's BIG, being the only chick to feed. I was just reading about why no intervention had taken place to save the chicks, it's the usual story about nature taking its course plus the fact that it would probably be a criminal offence to access the nest (laws made to deter egg-thieves). Also, the parents chose the nest-site of their own free will and have successfully raised 16 chicks over the past 5 years, hardly losing a single one before this year.

"Another factor in the sad turn of events this year is the combination of a warm spell early in the year prompting the adults to lay their eggs early followed by the wettest April on record. Some of the chicks sadly seemed a little too young and fragile to cope."

Aww :-(

Re my osprey couple: the male, Odin, loves to egg-sit and often places or drops sticks on EJ's back to make her leave - this time he went too far (my video froze at the crucial time so I'm linking to my friend Moffer's capture):

[magicma]

Luvverly links and vids. I do hope they all get through, they've worked hard enough.
#grouphug# MMa