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Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 6th, 2020, 10:39 pm
by Marbzy
He wanted to place the branch to the right of the female, but couldn't find a way around her:
So when the female refused to move an inch, he just walked onto her:
He took his time while still standing on her back:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 6th, 2020, 10:42 pm
by Marbzy
There you go! Mission accomplished:
A minute or so later, he finally persuaded her to get up:
She hopped onto her perch:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 6th, 2020, 10:48 pm
by Marbzy
She was still there at 20:32:
And then she departed at 20:34:
El macho has earned himself a second night shift in a row!
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 7th, 2020, 8:43 pm
by Marbzy
7 April
La hembra came back at 10:18:
They seem never to come to the nest empty-beaked - this time she brought some moss (and soft soil to use as a cushion?):
El macho got up, and the pair examined the egg:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 7th, 2020, 8:53 pm
by Marbzy
The male took off without undue delay:
La hembra resumed incubation duties with passion - flat on the nest floor, with her neck bent up and head rested on a stick, she looks here like the most faithful of all faithful dogs:
El macho came back with another unwieldy branch at 10:21:35 and left at 10:23:02:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 7th, 2020, 9:04 pm
by Marbzy
In the afternoon, the female had to endure the stress of another unsolicited visit - she reacts very differently (bristling all over, raising the tail, extending both wings and getting to her feet) to incoming strangers than to
el macho:
Again, she came close to stepping on the egg, but the talons of her right foot only shaved it:
She slowly got back down on the egg, using her feathers to let the vagrants know what she thinks of them:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 7th, 2020, 9:05 pm
by Marbzy
Thankfully, this party didn't last long:
An afternoon peak of activity usually occurs at this nest after 5 pm, and
el macho didn't disappoint:
He got the female off the egg, revealing a piece of something green (plastic string?)
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 7th, 2020, 9:24 pm
by Marbzy
The female perched on the branch in the rain:
Then the stream crashed several times.
Just before 7 pm, the male was up on the branch, and the female back on the egg:
Danger!
La hembra is doing another
vuelta over
el huevo. Fortunately, she withdrew the foot in midstep...:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 7th, 2020, 9:25 pm
by Marbzy
Buenas noches seƱorita!
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 8th, 2020, 8:36 pm
by Marbzy
8 April
La hembra and
el huevo in the morning mist:
The right wing goes out, but this is just stretching:
El macho delivers a branch on the stroke of 11:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 8th, 2020, 8:56 pm
by Marbzy
The incubation relay baton is passed to the male:
These two certainly see beak to beak:
The female is back in a couple of minutes with more nest material:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 8th, 2020, 9:09 pm
by Marbzy
Though the stream kept crashing today more often than not, it's clearly the male in charge of the egg in the afternoon
4:15 pm - the scare of the day so far:
El macho raises his tail in preparation for a foreign threat:
Then he gets up, his tail raised all the time, bristles and lowers the wings:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 8th, 2020, 9:20 pm
by Marbzy
The threat does not enter into cam view, but the male maintains the posture:
Then he resumes incubation. It's an unusually quiet afternoon:
No female, no strangers, even the YT chat, usually rather crowded, has gone dead:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 9th, 2020, 7:58 pm
by Marbzy
9 April
When the stream resumes in the morning, it's not easy to tell who is in the nest:
The stream goes off and on, and off, and on... But it seems that it's the same bird all the time:
At 8:25 the identity of the adult becomes clear:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 9th, 2020, 8:01 pm
by Marbzy
It's
el macho's day today:
He's in for another long shift:
Presentation time:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 9th, 2020, 8:09 pm
by Marbzy
The stream becomes stable in the early afternoon. The male is synonymous with stability today, too:
He's up against the elements again - it's very wet out there:
Every now and then
el macho gets up, does some exercise, retires to the rim to empty the bowels, exercises again, takes a few steps around the egg, rolls it, and lies down:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 9th, 2020, 8:13 pm
by Marbzy
While performing this routine just before 5:30 pm...:
... he produces another heart-stopping moment:
It looks like no harm's been done:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 9th, 2020, 8:19 pm
by Marbzy
Then fog descends:
Is there any chance of nest relief tonight?
If the weather stays like this, the answer is probably 'no':
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 10th, 2020, 6:48 pm
by Marbzy
10 April
This is another very wet day right from the start:
There have been no changes at the nest for almot two days now:
El macho is being put to a real test:
Re: Vultures all over the world
Posted: April 10th, 2020, 6:52 pm
by Marbzy
This is just exercise (but the male's right foot glances off the egg yet again):
These breaks are coming at relatively short intervals now:
Back to incubation: