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19 Mar 23 — Days I-9 and I-10

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Quiet days. Tom did a lot less incubating yesterday (a mixture of him not turning up and Azina saying no) and Azina ended up doing nearly 16hrs on the trot overnight.
He did an average day today (3hr40) over three shifts. He also brought some pigeon but Azina wasn’t interested then.
The last shot is of Tom on the lookout on a crane this evening. We could hear Azina calling to him but I don’t think he could. He eventually turned up to relieve her a while later.
Before this we saw him very nearly catch a hospital pigeon (there was contact) he’d flushed.

A few shots from yesterday and today.

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    Tom paid 2 visits to the nest ledge today.
    Tom

    Tom

    He spent around 5 minutes during the morning visit, here is a clip of most of it:

    In the afternoon, he was hoping Charlie would join him for a display, here is is popping his head out of the box looking at her at the other end of the ledge:

    Tom

  • 15 Mar 23 — Day I-6

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    Pretty much the same as yesterday. A few more intruders. I happened to be walking through the cemetery this morning when I spotted Tom sparring with a female Peregrine (who may have been a juvenile – it all happened so fast). But it didn’t look overly aggressive, a bit playful. Then Azina came off the eggs, Tom went to incubate and the intruder took off East.

    A clip for you: ‘If I ignore her maybe she’ll let me incubate a bit longer’… Tom ignored Azina for two minutes before she went into the nest box and then she had to beg him 😉

    And a few shots from today.

  • 12 Apr 23 — Day I-34

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    The chick got four feeds today though the last feed was only a couple of minutes long, it was a bit close to the third and the chick was still full. Pigeon and Starling were on the menu.

    Azina feeds the chick
    Azina feeds the chick its first meal

    Only a few minutes at a time but Tom got to spend a bit of time with the chick and the eggs. Very gentle as usual.

    Tom 'kisses' the chick
    Tom ‘kisses’ the chick

    A second egg has been pipping all day. It started with a tiny hole and a crack and didn’t seem to develop so I was starting to wonder if it wasn’t a bit of down stuck to the egg but at 6.30 the hole was bigger and the chick visible. It still had a bit to go and may be hatching under Azina now as I am typing this.

    The chick and the eggs
    The chick and the eggs

    There is a mark on a third egg that may be a pip but somehow I think it may just be a mark.

    Shots for today:

  • 17 Apr 23 — Day 6

    2023, breeding, hatching
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    I think it is fair to say that the last egg is not going to hatch now. Looking back at shots from egg-laying time I think this was egg #2 that didn’t hatch. The colour contrast between the brightly coloured freshly laid eggs and now is quite big. All this rolling on gravel does wear them out.

    But we have three healthy chicks. And the little one is no push-over!

    The Peregrines day started early with Tom bringing food at 4:37 a.m. Azina fed it to the chicks but I am not sure how much they could see each other at first as it looked a bit tentative.

    Then at 5:47 Tom came in and had a long discussion with Azina. He really went into her face at times!

    Tom fed the chicks this morning and did a very good job of it. Azina has let him be a hands-on Dad a fair bit this time. She left him in charge for nearly an hour in the morning and in the afternoon.

    Tom brooding
    Tom brooding

    The oldest chick has started to do a little bit of preening.

    The chicks got 6 feeds today, at 4:37, 7:04 (by Tom), 11:20, 2:41pm, 4:56pm and 7:17pm. A mix of Starling and Pigeon again.

    Azina brings food
    Azina brings food

    Shots for today:

  • 4 Apr 23 — Day I-26

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    Sometimes the begging works 😉 But it can be quite tough getting up when you’ve been lying down for nearly six hours…

    Very quiet day today. Tom did three shifts totalling 3hr44 which is average. Azina did two day shifts and the night shifts. At the end of the day she’ll have incubated for 19hr16. The eggs were not left alone for one second 🙂

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