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06 November 2022 Still sitting! The madness continues. Last season, the female disappeared for over a month just after the chicks fledged – totally strange […]

31 October 2022 And now .  .   .  . ? Yesterday evening I had to wait till it was almost totally dark before the female […]

26 October 2022 What on earth!!!! When I checked on the nest this morning (after a break of five days), I was interested, or is […]

20 October 2022 Relishing the rain! Since the last update not much has changed – the female is still trying to incubate the second clutch […]

10 October 2022 Mixed signals In my update four days ago things seemed have resolved themselves. The chicks and the female were spending their days […]

06 October 2022 All present and correct. Yesterday morning when I checked the nest, the chicks were both under the box; the female was around […]

05 October 2022 Reset! Got back from a tough tour around South Africa yesterday evening and I immediately climbed the ladder to check on the […]

25 September 2022 ??????? (she has really lost the plot) Just spoken to Cynthia – and yesterday the female was outside the nest with the […]

16 September 2022 Mixed messages Yesterday started well!!! I climbed the ladder to check on the nest .  .  . and the first thing I […]

14 September 2022 What on earth is she thinking ????? Yesterday morning the female was in the nest box just after 06:00, but she later […]

12 September 2022 Together again! This morning the two chicks were in the same Karee, but sitting some distance apart. This evening however they were […]

11 September 2022 Out .  .  . and about! While making coffee early this morning, I looked out the kitchen window to check on the […]