The nest now with EJ asleep and the nest quiet. Will tomorrow bring another egg?© RSPB - Loch Garten and Carnyx Wild
Yesterday began with an intruder trying to mate with EJ [video by scylla] and a handsome suitor bringing a large fish for EJ but she told him off and he left. Then Odin hauled a half fish around while defending the nest so it wasn't until later that EJ managed to get a bite. However, the day progressed to a more routine domestic scene complete with mating, and head-trodding and stick deliveries on top of EJ. Odin seemed in a frenzy of building up the nest to the point of burying poor EJ. A guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do.... ;-*
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He could never wear a grass skirt - to say the least, it would interfere with mating!
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
SheilaFE said:there is still a lot of freezing on the cam for me.
Glad you said that, SHEILA - I've just been trying to extract the fish+clump episodes and it is very difficult.
I'll put any vids in here, if anyone wants to start new DU they are welcome, if not, I'll do it but it will be a while.
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Odin tries to deliver the fish, but there are difficulties..
2m56s
Tries again, takes over, eventually EJ returns:
4m21s
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