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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.

All lined up

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:

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    A few shots from today.

    There was an intruder near 3pm, a female I presume as Azina shot out of the box and used the hospital to gain height quickly to chase it over the cemetery. Tom was around and immediately went to incubate. Azina relieved him 10 minutes later.
    Apart from this it was a quiet day. Azina ended up doing 14hr22m on the trot overnight. Tom had an easy day today, with only 2hr28m.

  • 6 Apr 23 — Day I-28

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    Just two video clips today.

    Exchange on the porch then Azina feels the need to preen a little before incubating.

    A bit of time with Tom as he incubates and makes himself comfortable on the eggs.

  • 30 Mar 23 — More begging

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    Today was a light day for Tom incubation wise but it was not for lack of trying! This was his last try for the day, around 7pm, but Azina didn’t want to budge 😉

  • 24 Apr 23 — Day 13

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    Quite different to yesterday. Colder and wetter so Azina has brooded the chicks for most of the day and when she wasn’t then Tom did it. Though he’s struggling a fair bit to fit them all, and so is Azina to be fair 😉

    Azina brooding the chicks
    Azina brooding the chicks


    Which means that pretty much the only times they could flap their wings were during feeds and they did that a lot.

    Tom feeding the chicks - Feeds often time to do some flapping
    Tom feeding the chicks – Feeds often time to do some flapping


    There were 6 feeds today, one by Tom. Mostly pigeon on the menu with a bit of Starling.


    One thing I noticed today and that’s thanks to the 4 day gap between the chicks. When they hatch their feet are pink. When they fledge they’re pale yellow. On the shots where you can see that the feet of the older ones have started to turn yellow when they’re next those of the younger one. Because it’s a very subtle change I’d never noticed that before, and also because we’ve not had such big gaps before (especially with single chicks! 😉 )

    Tom feeding the chicks
    Tom feeding the chicks

    Shots for today:

  • 14 Mar 23 — Day I-5

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    Azina was eager for the food Tom brought her this evening. She really rushed towards Tom!A few intruders again today (one seemed to be a juvenile but it was from quite a distance) but that didn’t disturb Tom and Azina’s incubation routine much.

    One clip where Tom has to do a lot of begging.

    And a few shots from today.

  • 12 Mar 23 — Azina lays egg number 4

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    Azina laid her fourth egg this evening.

    She got up at 6.47 p.m. At 6.49, you can clearly see three eggs. At 6.50 she turns round and starts pushing at 6.52, laying the egg at 6.53. At 6.55 she turns and settles, showing all four eggs in the process as she gathers them together. Easy peasy!

    And here are a few shots from today.

    • Tom
    • Discussion around some eggs
    • Tom
    • The three eggs
    • Azina and a fly
    • Azina and the three eggs
    • Another discussion
    • Kissing
    • Azina
    • Azina lays the fourth egg
    • Azina has laid the fourth egg
    • Azina reveals the fourth egg

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