16 Apr 23 — Day I-38 / day 5

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The remaining egg got in a position today that allowed me to say that the egg that hatched yesterday was the one that had been trying since Thursday. Between the moment I first saw the pipping and hatching that’s 54 hours.

All are doing well. Tom got to do a little bit of brooding and some feeding but the majority of this has been done by Azina.

The chicks got 7 feeds today! A mix of Starling and Pigeon again.

In the following clip, Tom does his best feeding the chicks with what he’s got 🙂 The chicks were fed an hour before and were not very hungry.

The chicks’ third feed of the day. All the chicks got some food but one of them ended up with the first bulging crop I’ve seen so far!

Shots for today:

15 Apr 23 — Third chick hatches

April 15, 2023 2023, breeding

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The third chick hatched around 11.45 a.m. and it was a bit of a rough start… It was still curled up from being in the egg when revealed.

I will post all the photos and write up tomorrow.

8 May 23 — Day 27

May 8, 2023 2023, breeding

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The chicks have been in and out of the box a lot today but did all their sleeping inside. Chick #1 has slept most of the day sitting up while the others were pancaked.

Chick #1 sleeping sitting up while the others are pancaked

There were 5 feeds and all of them were pigeon. Tom did one of them and Azina the others. He would have done an other but the chicks were still full from their previous one.

Two short clips with Chicks #1 and 2 flapping:

There was a feed Live on facebook which you can watch using this link.

Shots for today:

17 Mar 23 — Days I-7 and I-8

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I didn’t do an update yesterday as it had been a very quiet day. So was today thankfully 🙂 The pair has really settled into the routine. Tom has ended up doing a bit over four hours each day which is a bit over his average last year.

A clip from today: Tom had barely settled on the eggs when Azina came back and demanded to incubate again. Poor Tom! It’s not like she’d been incubating for over 12 hours. 😉 But his following shift two hours later ended up being nearly three hours long. Happy Tom! 😂

And a few shots from yesterday and today.

23 Apr 23 — Day 12

April 23, 2023April 25, 2023 2023, breeding, hatching

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A day of rain and sunshine. At the end of the day Azina had to act as an umbrella as a heavy shower battered the nest box.

Azina broods the chicks, acting as an umbrella

But the chicks were left on their own for even longer periods today. I was showing the Peregrines to people this lunchtime and Azina was perched on top of one of the blue cranes. From there she’d have a great view of the chicks in the box. And Tom was by the ledge. So the chicks were not really alone.

https://youtu.be/aD4zQXGS6gQ

They continue to develop nicely. The two oldest ones are now doing a bit more wing flapping (even if they often end up with their face in the gravel) and even did some while holding food. And they’re starting to move around a bit. You can see a shadow of the cheek feathers starting to come up too.

Azina feeds the chicks - One chick practices wing flapping — Azina feeds the chicks – One chick practices wing flapping

https://youtu.be/-UtjKl7hm3c

https://youtu.be/eKHsYe1h_EQ

There were six feeds today and some were over thirty minutes. It was only pigeon on the menu.

Watch the small chick steal a big piece of food from one of its siblings’ mouth! No push over that chick! I want that piece and I will have it! 🤣 (and it dropped it in the end…)

https://youtu.be/CwMMo1Mx03E

And a bit of a funny one 😉

https://youtu.be/_7guFwnB3BQ

Shots for today:

5 Apr 23 — Day I-27

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 2023, breeding

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Another case of persistence paying off 🙂 Azina came back 1hr31m later having stuffed herself 😉

I know I am starting to sound like a broken record but it’s been another quiet day 😉 Tom ended up doing a total 4hr21m over three shifts (though one was only 8 minutes long) and Azina will have done 19hr37m. She came back for her night shift with a very full crop, she’d put Tom’s shift to good use.

3 Apr 23 — Days I-23 to I-25

April 3, 2023 2023, breeding

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We are around three quarter of the way there now.

Not much to report, it’s been fairly routine. Except for one intruder I witnessed on Saturday evening but who was very quickly seen off by Azina. No messing about.

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