This
is the first sighting of Kate today - at four minutes to six in the morning!
Three
quarters of an hour later she gets breakfast in bed delivered by an ever
faithful Ben!
Claire's
eggs are all still in one piece. We are expecting them to hatch round
about Saturday 6th May.
When
she has been out of the nest box, Claire always examines the eggs closely on
her return. It's almost as though she is checking to see whether any
of them have hatched!
Back
to Kate!It's not just breakfast that Ben supplies, it's lunch too. This shot was taken shortly after noon.
Off
Ben goes to look for some more food for Kate.Ben brought in food at least 26 times today!
Ben
feeds Kate again.
Another
successful food delivery completed!
Ben
is back with some more - here he is coming into land.
and
here he passes the food to Kate - good practice for when the chicks have
hatched.
What's
happening here - it looks like one winged flying!
Here's
another wingless flying shot!
At
long last, Kate has dropped her guard and let us have a look at her eggs -
and what a beautiful sight! There are at least 9 eggs here which means
that she must have been laying one every day since we saw the first egg!
A
few minutes later and Kate is back on the eggs. In spite of being such
a terrible fidget, she seems to have settled down to incubating better than
I expected
It's
now quite late - just after 7 o'clock - and Ben appears to have discovered
the mealworms. Elizabeth has been putting them out in a couple of
places so it's difficult to know where they have come from.
Wherever
they have come from, Kate seems to be enjoying them!
And
another a minute or so later!