The female is as hungry as ever and the male continues to do his
duty by feeding her. She has been laying one egg a day from the
start. Eight days have passed and there appear to be seven eggs.
I am expecting egg number eight to arrive sometime this evening.
It is not always possible to see the eggs as the female will often
cover them up. I am not sure if she is deliberately hiding them
from view or just trying to keep them warm.
29th April 2005
Three
eggs this morning.
28th April 2005
Now we definitely have two eggs. One of them was certainly laid
this evening at around 7:40pm. I cannot say about the other one.
I am still not sure if an egg arrived earlier on the 26th or not.
Maybe two were laid this evening. I wonder if anyone can email
me if they have had similar experiences. I have included a pic
of the nest at 1:20pm for comparison (no sign of egg number 1).
I will not be able to update my diary pages for a few days as
I shall be away on holliday. I wonder how many eggs there will
be when I return?
