....his catch

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339412/Thats-dinner-Bald-eagle-makes-fish-sea-lion-tries-steal-catch.html  great captures!

http://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/significant-haul-of-poisoned-baits-found-on-leadhills-estate/ 

Thanks Kris G for the article.  So sad un-human species have to resort to this.

THIEVES are suspected of stealing four peregrine falcon chicks from their nest at a beauty spot. 

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Police-search-falcon-chick-thieves/story-19240022-detail/story.html Here we go again!! 

http://youtu.be/VM8tShcn-dY  That was a wild ride for both!

http://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/article_937b36e6-d187-11e2-b68c-0019bb2963f4.html

 

What a long life he lived.

[Enjoy your day Dot!]

Enjoy your day Dot!

[Could be high carotene in the diet or more sunlight exposure than the third chick. Both will get the colour change process going. Nothing to worry about at all.]

 

Until today I was thinking Pinkie (or Blue Foot-feet were more pink early on) was the eldest. I think I'm changing my mind.

Pinkie's in the back in 1st pic. The one next to her has brown starting to show by his eye. Pinkie doesn't.

In the second pic it appears Brown's feather tips (far right) are just a tad longer than Pinkie's. So Brown would be who we thought was middle child AKA Yakkie (honking & calling like Beauty).

I could be all wet, but interesting to watch.

Could be high carotene in the diet or more sunlight exposure than the third chick. Both will get the colour change process going. Nothing to worry about at all.  Tracy's response on Blue foot baby! No worries. We've seen it before in that some chicks just develop the yellow faster.

  Hadfield from Burlington, her feet are just turning yellow!

[PT]

  PT

http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/

LOCH NESS?????? 

OMG, they knocked off the goose that laid the golden egg!

   Hope they don't eat it!!

Oh no, it looks like it may have been a little duckling or gosling?   What the heck is the  gold nugget? 

I think it's a warbler-fully formed yellow & chestnut feathers. The nugget looks like a pellet

Come on, can't we have a little fun? 

OMG, they knocked off the goose that laid the golden egg!

   Hope they don't eat it!!

I'll wing it
Yellow prey and a golden nugget! 5:51 am

Beauty was gone for over 1/2 hour, came back and landed on cam 4
Then on to Main cam
The pile is OK 
Asleep on their new feather bed!

   How sad for them!! Hope they have better luck next time.

Dana, you did a great job on that! Thanks so much!