Early this morning the first eyas of S2 and Pa of De Mortel hatched and a few hours later at 13:30 the second one.Tomorrow on April 22 we will remember Ma of De Mortel who was killed one year ago by S2.
At that moment in time she had 3 eyases who where just one week old.
It was a very horrible time that followed the death of Ma. S2 , a young female born in 2005 performed courtship behaviour and therefore took all the prey Pa brought to his eyases.
The youngest one died. It took S2 3 weeks before she learned and had a huge change of heart. On Mothersday she started feeding the 2 eyases. Hope and Faith we called them.
Thanks to the love and care of S2 those 2 juvi's fledged healthy and savely.
This winter S2 and Pa stayed together at the tower in De Mortel.
We where excited when they started courtship behaviour in february and thrilled when she layed her first egg ever. Her first clutch is of four eggs. And today the first 2 hatched.
It is a happy day now that there are eyases again in the nestbox all the way up in the 130 mtr high Alticom Tower in de Mortel.
I want to thank InterNL and Alticom who are our new sponsors!
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