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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 4, 2023 21:24:58 GMT 1
Just to prove my 'herbal' tea was merely a double espresso (tea...yuck) here is an enlarged and cropped pic. You can see the birdy on top of the chimney. WTF is it?  Alex |
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Post by dc on Apr 5, 2023 8:44:56 GMT 1
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 5, 2023 21:38:19 GMT 1
It is a Heron! Cheers for that. Pretty rare around here.
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Post by dc on Apr 5, 2023 22:42:54 GMT 1
It is a Heron! Cheers for that. Pretty rare around here. Alex If you have a pond and fish, cover it 😄 |
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 6, 2023 0:11:10 GMT 1
Haha! No pond. I get my fish from Sainsburys.
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Post by dc on Apr 8, 2023 19:20:39 GMT 1
Just watched yesterday's video with the nest's progress. They are so conscientious and clever.
Think we have a young magpie visiting alongside an adult. There have been two visiting for a year but recently one has been missing so I am guessing there has been a nest. The young one makes a screeching noise, they fly off to a tree in the distance.
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 8, 2023 21:23:24 GMT 1
I had a job yesterday fixing a garden fence. This involved a bot of digging. I swear my little Robin is back. I'd dig the earth up, he'd grab the worms then land on the spade handle and look at me as if saying 'well, get one with it then'...
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Post by dc on Apr 9, 2023 15:43:00 GMT 1
Video on the 9th, yes, it's looking more complete. 😀
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Post by naich on Apr 11, 2023 18:09:38 GMT 1
She's laid her first egg this morning. She'll be popping out one a day for the next 10-12 days or so.
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Post by dc on Apr 11, 2023 18:47:20 GMT 1
She's laid her first egg this morning. She'll be popping out one a day for the next 10-12 days or so. I been checking in on the live feed. |
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Post by naich on Apr 12, 2023 9:55:16 GMT 1
She's laid her first egg this morning. She'll be popping out one a day for the next 10-12 days or so. I been checking in on the live feed. Let me know if you see anything interesting. I'm on holiday in Whitby at the moment, so I haven't got as much time to go through the footage, You don't see the egg much because she covers it up before she goes out for the day, and I haven't seen the one she was supposed to have laid this morning. |
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Post by dc on Apr 12, 2023 18:16:36 GMT 1
Let me know if you see anything interesting. I will, nothing just now, the quality is pretty good. Can see the fluff over the egg. Funnily enough, the nest has been empty every time I look in. I expect that to change shortly. Enjoy Whitby 👍 |
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Post by Gitram on Apr 12, 2023 20:04:31 GMT 1
who else is getting excited about becoming surrogate parents..?
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Post by naich on Apr 13, 2023 9:47:31 GMT 1
Let me know if you see anything interesting. I will, nothing just now, the quality is pretty good. Can see the fluff over the egg. Funnily enough, the nest has been empty every time I look in. I expect that to change shortly. Enjoy Whitby 👍 At the moment she's in the box mostly from about 7.30pm to 7.30am, with the occasional daytime visit to top up the fluff. The eggs are difficult to see because she carefully covers them up before she leaves the nest. She'll spend more time in the nest once all the eggs are laid, and of course it'll all be kicking off in about 3 weeks when they start hatching. |
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Post by naich on Apr 13, 2023 9:49:27 GMT 1
who else is getting excited about becoming surrogate parents..? marti Oh god yes. I'm so proud of her I feel like I'm her dad. |
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Post by dc on Apr 13, 2023 19:27:29 GMT 1
At the moment she's in the box mostly from about 7.30pm to 7.30am, with the occasional daytime visit to top up the fluff. I had a look late last night, she was there but very hard to see. Also looked as though there was at least another egg early today but the covering dies make them hard to make out with any certainty. Nothing there just now. 👍 |
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Post by naich on Apr 15, 2023 21:38:18 GMT 1
Yeah, the camera is terrible at night. It's not great during the day either TBH. It seems to have got worse today and I'm not sure why. I'm currently fiddling with a few things.
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Post by dc on Apr 17, 2023 19:22:56 GMT 1
This is just now, sat down and breathing heavily. Doesn't look like the same bird. 😮 Sure it will be though.  |
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Post by dc on Apr 18, 2023 7:50:45 GMT 1
This was this morning.  |
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Post by naich on Apr 18, 2023 11:09:06 GMT 1
She fluffs right up when she's kipping in there at night, which is why she looks different. Got this shot of the eggs this morning. There's 8 now, so it must only be 2 or 3 weeks until they start hatching. She's spending more time on the nest now, and Mr. Beak is bringing her some nice tasty insects to keep her strength up. It can't be easy blasting out your body weight in eggs over the course of a couple of weeks.  |
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 18, 2023 21:37:24 GMT 1
Oh wow. Keen to see more pics!
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Post by naich on Apr 19, 2023 13:00:26 GMT 1
Oh wow. Keen to see more pics! Alex Loads of videos at beaks.live |
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 19, 2023 21:45:08 GMT 1
Just watched! Cheers for that, some amazing scenes. I'm waiting for Mrs Beak to start knitting next.
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Post by dc on Apr 20, 2023 7:44:23 GMT 1
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Post by naich on Apr 20, 2023 11:42:01 GMT 1
I'm glad you guys like the cam. She's so cute and I love watching her - I have it on my PC while I work. My wife is a teacher and puts it on for her class and I like to think it's giving them an enthusiasm for wildlife. I'm really going to miss her when the beaklets have grown up and they have all flown the nest.
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Post by naich on Apr 20, 2023 11:43:19 GMT 1
Just watched! Cheers for that, some amazing scenes. I'm waiting for Mrs Beak to start knitting next. Alex I love it when she tucks her head under to rotate the eggs, then fluffs herself up to maximum and sits back down with that amazing wiggle. |
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Post by steve h on Apr 20, 2023 12:25:09 GMT 1
Well...thats it for my blue tits  Cooking fats..... |
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Post by naich on Apr 20, 2023 13:06:15 GMT 1
Well...thats it for my blue tits Cooking fats..... What happened to them? |
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Post by dc on Apr 20, 2023 20:27:48 GMT 1
Just to mention the crows above, they have built a new nest in a tree just next to the one last year, they apparently do not use the same nest but choose nearby. Seems to be Mr who stays in the nest, Mrs flies about and hides food as they do. However, Mr does come down to see us and grabs bits to eat really fast before flying back up, he will have his hands full. All the previous young have been encouraged to move on, there is just one who is the smallest which we see at times, bit of a shame not to see them all. One was a bit of a bully though, often had the smaller ones on their backs trying to get their food. Sorry, no pics of the nest, it's very high up and I am not climbing up there, probably get swooped on if I tried 😂
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Post by dc on May 1, 2023 7:10:38 GMT 1
Looks like hatching time has begun.  |
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