Saturday 23/05/09
Thanks to all the un-named contributers below
(Exact Times *)
07:49 Mrs.G cleaning out the nest. It looks like sand but I presume
it is dead fir needles. Leaves nest.
(2nd video file starts at 10:30)
10:48 (Player Time 00:18) A good close up of one of the hawklets stretching out it's wings. Where is 'mum'?
11:32 (Player Time 01:32) Mr G looks in.
11:34 (Player Time 01:34) Mrs G returns with prey and feeds both hawklets. One, with food already hanging from it's mouth tries to grab it's syblings too. A real competition to grab food, between the two. Mrs G just can't feed them fast enough!
11:50 (Player Time 00:18) She adjusts a green fir twig abound then - lovely close -up of her breast and leg markings 11:51 human voices heard - Mrs G is obviously listening to then ( stood back to camera).
11:52 (Player Time 01:52) The 2 hawklets fall into a food induced sleep.
13:16 (Player Time 03:16) Lunchtime.
15:05 (Player Time 00:18) Another feeding frenzy. Mrs G is feeding both hawklets but she always seems to feed the hawklet to her LEFT more food.
16.18 (Player Time 06:18) Female leaves the nest.
20:20 (Player Time 10:20) Mrs G feeding the hawklets. The bigger hawklet again on her immediate left, again getting the lion's share. Smaller Hawklet having to fight for food but making himself heard.
20:33 (Player Time 10:33) Dinner over, the youngsters wrap wings around each other and Mrs G does a little home improvement ( wrapping a green fir twig around the nest bowl to cover over them) and settles on them.