Don't miss this please look now- peregrine falcons

[chipspice 10]

http://www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature/278092-edinburgh-sparrowhawks

 

3 healthy chicks in Edinburgh:-)

 

is that another egg i can see underneath the middle one?

[melv 16]

is that another egg i can see underneath the middle one?

 

There's 2 unhatched eggs in the nest.

[Oldtrout 10]

http://www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature/278092-edinburgh-sparrowhawks

 

3 healthy chicks in Edinburgh:-)

 

Thanks for the link to these babies!!

[melv 16]

There's also a marsh harrier webcam (you'll have to google it.) I can't get the webcam to work:-(

[Oldtrout 10]

Tiny owl has obviously been eaten!!! There's just a pile of white feathers which I presume are his remains ...

 

Tiny kestrel seems ok

[melv 16]

Tiny owl has obviously been eaten!!! There's just a pile of white feathers which I presume are his remains ...

 

Tiny kestrel seems ok

 

The parents ate the owlet:gag: The other 2 were eaten by their siblings:gag:

This is quite normal in barn owls.

[Oldtrout 10]

So, had the owlets already died when their family decided to eat them? or do the others kill them? Don't tell me they eat them alive

[melv 16]

All of them died of starvation. Barn owls start incubating as soon as the eggs are laid, that is why there's a size difference. If prey is in short supply the smalleast usually dies & gets eaten. Sad I know, but it's the survival of the fittest.

[Oldtrout 10]

I know it's nature and it happens, but when we have the privilege of seeing them so close up on these webcams, you become quite attached to them. I hope that tiny kestrel survives ... he seems to be ok and quite a fighter ... go tiny, go

[melv 16]

If you read the Dorset blog, everybodys favorite is tiny. What a feisty little devil:-)

[Oldtrout 10]

Good job you mentioned that, thanks. I only just realised that I can change the blog to chronological order .. I was looking at posts from last year ... doh!!