Yesterday afternoon (according to those on the scene - it was among a lot of detail that we missed due to severe cam problems), the orange-chested male intruder "OC" dropped a fish onto the nest, and after a starving EJ took it away to eat it the carnage began.
In brief!
Anyone looking?
The orange-eyed destroyer. (I have to say, unfairly I know, that he has none of the "gorgeousness" of Odin the Magnificent.)
EJ returned with the tail-end of the fish, which she continued to eat despite the scene that greeted her:
EJ cleared the ground and proceeded to incubate the one egg that appears to be left intact:
The threat to the surviving egg is great:
OC won't have it easy, he may not even prevail in the longer term - the other intruders are still on the case:
To cap it all after a long and harrowing day, it seemed that EJ was disturbed, probably by the pine marten, just before midnight:
IMAGICAT
Following the pre-midnight alarm EJ didn't settle until 5-past, and was still being alerted:
Thank you scylla, for succinctly recapping what was a long, unhappy and messy day --- or should I say, week. And also for echoing the collective grief around Odin's disappearance. Many poignant comments dotted the pages of this week's Updates that struck a chord with everyone. Unwillingly, we are drawn on to face the new chapter.
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Unknown said:Unwillingly, we are drawn on to face the new chapter.
I didn't want to sully your comment with banal "Absolutely!" etc, but it really does sum up our situation.
I'm going to get a coffee.
scylla, you have made me hungry for a coffee too, so I will join you in the quiet of the dark and have some company. It is just past 10 pm here.
I'm going to catch up on the Odin thread, which I have been avoiding. I'll take tissues.
Tawny owl?
REALLY? I missed it. With quality of the picture, I suppose even I could mistake EJ for a tawny owl. :-/
Unknown said:even I could mistake EJ for a tawny owl. :-/
I detect a camouflaged slight therein! ;-D No, honestly, I played it back and then decided it wasn't video-worthy. It was high-pitched wailing, sorta.
Hehehe! I figgered it was probably a sound rather than the view. However, though I might have detected " an owl" I'd be useless in telling what kind. I assume that since you are having coffee you are planning to stay up for a while?