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[Astral]

It's difficult to separate them, but there was no egg, no mum and quite a lot of white fluff huddled together.

[tickmike]

Sorry to disappoint, but I have just seen an egg !, at 21.20, so only Three chicks.

[Astral]

They're going to be a good team, those chicks, cos I couldn't see a hint of egg. Let's see what tomorrow brings.

[kitz]

These are from earlier which I didnt get chance to post at the time.

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20:43 Parent flies off as she hears the other parent approach, leaving the chicks alone for a very short while




20:44 - Other parent flies in with food




20:44 - Whilst the 1st parent keeps watch from the tower




20:48 - 2nd Parent feeds the chicks






20:51 - Feeding completed and 2nd parent prepares to fly away






... leaving the chicks on their own whilst...






20:52 - Parent returns...




...to take care of the the nest.



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Im not sure or not if thats a pip in the first image on the top right of the egg or not - its a bit hard to see from the picture.
If it is - then I guess we will know tomorrow.

[roseway]

The birds are doing a great job, but you're doing a pretty good job too. Thanks for all those pictures.

[kitz]

lol I guess you can gather I found the whole thing wonderful and cant help but look in from time to time.

I honestly havent been watching 24/7, but seem to have been very lucky indeed with my timing and therefore thought I'd share.
Feeding times are over so quickly that they can easily be missed... and they're about the only chance you get to see the chicks.

PS

I was at a friends yesterday for tea...  and because we had "drinkies" last night I stayed over - but before I left today I looked in at the cams and was showing them ...  and I've just had this horrible feeling that I may have left the cam window open when we walked out.
Will soon find out if their PC has been streaming the webcams all day to no-one 

[edit]
Luckily we had closed the windows - so no wasted bandwidth. - phew

[Astral]

Thanks for the wonderful screen grabs, Kitz. You do seem to be gifted where timing is concerned.(and in lots of other ways, too numerous to list, natch)

[roseway]

Still 3 chicks and one egg at 11:30 this morning, when the birds swapped over (too quickly for me to get a snapshot).

[kitz]

I saw the 11am feed earlier..  when I first looked in it really did look like there was a pip on one of the eggs...  but I now have some close-up which show that perhaps not. :/

Will post the pics when Ive cropped and uploaded.

[Yorkie]

They think thr fourth egg has hatched, poor little mite will get bullied.

[tickmike]

They think the fourth egg has hatched.

Yes I can see an empty shell  .

[kitz]

Sorry was really busy yesterday and never got chance to post them.
First couple of pics are the ones where I thought the last egg was pipped.
Theres also some good closeups of the chicks - wasnt sure which ones to post so thought to heck with it - and posted the lot. :/

[kitz]

[kitz]

I caught feeding time this morning at  showing pics of all the chicks.. 

Mum Feeding the chicks


Dad watching from the tower


Mum Flies away


Leaving chicks on their own

















Dad comes back and sees some leftovers



which he gives to the chicks

[roseway]

What fabulous pictures! Thanks yet again.

The last few pictures clearly show four chicks with one being smaller than the rest. The small one probably won't survive, but if there's enough food around then the others stand a good chance.