2023 | breeding

19 Mar 23 — Days I-9 and I-10

Byadmin March 19, 2023

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.

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:

22 Apr 23 — Day 11

April 22, 2023 2023, breeding, hatching

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Happy one week birthday to the youngest chick! And I am pleased to say that it is thriving. And is a bit of a character, definitely holding its own against its bigger siblings.
It has just started to show pin feathers on its wings. And you can clearly see the difference 3 or 4 days make when you look at the older two.

Tom had taken a bit of a step back yesterday. He took two steps forward today 😉 He ended up feeding the chicks twice and doing a fair bit of brooding. Azina still did the majority of it but the chicks were left on their own a bit more again today.

Azina brooding - chick preening — Azina brooding – chick preening

Pigeon and starling was on the menu today. There were six feeds.

Some people are saying that they would usually bring Parakeets. But they wouldn’t, that’s always a bit later in the season (and the Peregrines are nesting earlier than they used to). The Peregrines mostly catch the Parakeets at dawn and dusk when they go from and to their roosts. As the Parakeets are nesting at the moment they’re staying put and the opportunities are fewer for the Peregrines.

Azina feeds the chicks – in a line again

To finish, this made me laugh when I saw it first. A game of ‘pass the morsel’ 😉

Shots for today:

21 Mar 23 — Tom stands his ground

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 2023, breeding

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Tom stood his ground for once but was so surprised he had to check why Azina’d left 🤣 He came back to incubate very soon after.

11 Mar 23 — time for a quickie?

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 2023

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“Time for a quickie?” I wish I could speak Peregrine… It feels like that’s what Azina told Tom this afternoon as within seconds he was off the eggs and joined her on the corner to mate 😉