Good news No1 is that Odin's injury can no longer be seen, whatever it was has washed right away :-)
Good news No2 is that there's been a blessed thaw :-)
The bad news is that the intruder has persisted even more cheekily today, disturbing EJ on the nest - but she firmly got rid of him. I took some snaps from the video Jen kindly supplied:
Girding her loins:
A flying tackle:
A sharp shove and he fled:
Just before midnight LIMPY took some beautiful shots of EJ, here's one I love:
She is now quietly resting:
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Lovely pics MOFFER and LIMPY, and as they say, every picture tells a story. EJ makes contact cheeps?
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Thanks for all the captures and what a relief to see Odin. Hopefully he has gone fishing.
Oh no, intruder is back. Odin returns to the nest and alarm calls. Cam is still for me, but I can hear it.
The intruder has followed Odin home. Odin is on the nest alarm calling......again :(
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Odin has flown off very quickly.
Odin has flown.
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Odin is back defending again.
I do like this one above
17.44 Odin returns to the nest
17.45
17.46 Odin goes in pursuit of the intruder