Hobby On Old Saker Cam

[melv16]

http://mavir.hu/web/mavir/feszekmegfigyeles

[Tilly2]

Yesterday, I saw a deer walk out of the line of trees behind the nest.

[melv16]

She was off the nest briefly, still 3 eggs.

[melv16]

Left nest at 20.54, their time.

[Tilly2]

Any signs of the male at all?

[melv16]

Nope, I'm thinking that he's gone AWOL. I do hope I'm wrong.

[Tilly2]

She's back.

[melv16]

She's back:-)

[Tilly2]

I'm going to stop watching this!

[melv16]

An osprey and buzzard nests have recently lost chicks to goshawks.

[melv16]

On second thoughts, I think the male must be lurking somewhere. He must be feeding her, otherwise she'd have deserted the scrape.

[Tilly2]

Well, I wish he'd lurk where we can see him.

[Tilly2]

She has food. I didn't see it being delivered though.

[melv16]

Yayyy. The male has just taken a turn ont eggs.

[Tilly2]

One of the eggs has broken.

[melv16]

:-(

[Tilly2]

There were three of them on the nest site this afternoon... ?

[ladybirder]

Tilly when are they due to hatch? I shall have to stop watching then because how are the babies not going to fall out of that "nest"?

[melv16]

Could be an intruder, Tilly? On some peregrine nests one of last years young help feeding the young of this years.

[Tilly2]

Found this LB.

The female usually lays three eggs and starts incubating from mid-June whilst the male provides her with food, an average of 2.6 birds per day. Incubation lasts for four weeks, followed by a fledging period of four to five weeks.

[Tilly2]

So hatching next week?