The 22nd of July was marked by the absence of so many of our stalwart members. It was also one of the quietest we've had, after a feisty start to the day by the unringed male who has adopted the nest.
EDIT @ 0500hr - I just checked back to see what time the UR first landed and I see that MIKE wasn't the only early poster I missed - MOFFER had posted daycam, and I duped her - sorry, Moffer ;)
It seemed that he was aware of another osprey 'out there' but we saw no-one, however two 'bouts' of skydancing were heard - would a male do that if there was no-one to see and hear him? But if there's a female around, why didn't she come to the nest that he's been working on?
The only other visitor of note was a beautiful one-eyed ;) crow.
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It's now much later than the post's time, it's taken so long to get the ending and starting posts posted!
IMAGICAT
Someone On the cam post
"Birds are, quite simply, little miracles - and as such they require care and consideration."
Magnus Ullman
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Knocking - I think it must be a small bird, there are also low cheeps :-/
A tree brought.
Tipped himself off the nest struggling with it !!!
That will teach him to play with big branches! I do hope one of you caught that on video!
Birdies LG DU update.
Aha! It's Woodie who's been making noises :) Scuse the awful snap, am SO busy!
Timber this one has a lot to learn
Thanks Limpy. That was hilarious!