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23 Apr 23 — Day 12

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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
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.

Pancakes
Pancakes
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.

Tom feeds the chicks
Tom feeds the chicks

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:

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    P6T spent the whole night on the wall. And, apart from 3 1/2 hours where he pancaked on the ledge and 15 minutes for a feed, he spent the whole day on the wall too. Minus a few minutes here and there where he went on the floor.


    He’s sat, preened, flapped, walked, run, eaten… The only thing he hasn’t done is pancaking, maybe it doesn’t feel safe enough yet.


    Nothing more to report. He’s still looking very bright. And to be honest the more he is on the wall the happiest I am as it’s away from possible contamination on the ledge.

    Wildlife Aid have published a story on Chick #3 with photos of what made her ill.

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  • 9 Mar 23

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    A day of exchanges, food offerings, egg keeping. I saw them mate this morning and witnessed a food pass late afternoon. Azina refused the pigeon offered when on the ledge but accepted it in the air and went to eat it on the roof of Muscal House (that block of flats she’s taken a shine to).
    I am expecting the third egg sometime in the night: around 4:30 if she keeps to the same schedule as the second egg (60 hours) or before (last year it took 57 hours so it could be as early at 1:30). Time will tell. She is currently in the box, on the eggs, after her dinner, which took about an hour.

  • 10 Mar 23 — Azina lays her third egg

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    Azina laid her third egg at 5.52 this morning, with Tom in attendance. She’d just got up at 5.45 when Tom arrived in the box with food. They have a chat then she gets into position at 5.51, pushes at 5.52 and lifts up at 5.53. Effortless 🙂 Tom then leaves, leaving the food behind, and Azina settles down.

    She then sat tight on the eggs for hours, not revealing all three until 9:10 a.m. The new egg is the one at the back. The first one is on the right and the second one on the left.

    Azina and her three eggs
    Azina and her three eggs

  • 10 Mar 23

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    A few shots from today.
    I was a bit off in my estimation for the egg laying time. Azina got up and settled in egg laying position a few times in the night but it’s when Tom came in with food that she finally laid it, 61hr11m after the second one.
    I think they’ve started incubating in earnest now and Azina hasn’t let Tom do much of it.
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  • 14 January 2019

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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

  • 7 Mar 23 — Azina lays the second egg

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    The second egg laying video. Azina got up from the egg at 4.35, got into position at 4.38, pushes at 4.40/4.41 and at 4.42 she lifts up to let the egg to dry off. At 4.46 she turns a bit and starts settling down.

    This makes it 60 hours and 10 minutes between the first two eggs.

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