All quiet on the nest just now. I wonder if tommorow is the day when Odin arrives back at Loch Garten
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He has flown.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Ah....that's why he was mantling:
Did she tip him off deliberately?
I think that she's just over eager Clare. She adopted that pose earlier when he wasn't even there. He soon flew in and took advantage tho ;)
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
bocelli said: Why doesn't anyone I know get excited about these wonderful events. It's a case of EJ's back!!! their reply "Really" and then this morning Odin's back their reply "Great perhaps now you'll stop talking about him!!!!
Why doesn't anyone I know get
excited about these wonderful events. It's a case of EJ's back!!! their reply "Really" and then this morning Odin's back their reply "Great perhaps now you'll stop talking about him!!!!
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moffer said: I think that she's just over eager Clare. She adopted that pose earlier when he wasn't even there. He soon flew in and took advantage tho ;).
I think that she's just over eager Clare. She adopted that pose earlier when he wasn't even there. He soon flew in and took advantage tho ;).
I'm sure her 'eagerness' is partly down to her awareness that they were both a bit behind 'normal schedule' hence the urgency to get down to the business of mating.
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twinkle said: wow my sound has just came on,has anyone else got theirs?
wow my sound has just came on,has anyone else got theirs?
You wouldn't have a twinkle in your eye, would you TWINKLE? ;-) I have no hint of sound at that time. Mind you, we've had little burst-throughs before.
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Ahhh - thanks scylla. Just checking in before work to see that we were right during last night's feverish observations! How wonderful to see Odin in Magnificent color!
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Just been back to read TBOL, SCYLLA, HERON and CC's exciting conversation last night when Odin arrived. Fantastic. Thank you to you ALL.
Oohhhh sound is breaking through of EJ's begging.
YES - I've just got it for the first time too.
How lovely to hear EJ chattering away :-).