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
Someone arrived in a flurry of feathers, then left and now EJ has too :o
In he came and landed spot on her back - she tossed him off and now has flown off.
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I hear someone returning. She's automagically popped on to the screen.
They both flew and EJ quickly returned to settle again.
Birdies LG DU update.
scylla said: Someone arrived in a flurry of feathers, then left and now EJ has too :o
Video wouldn't be any good. You can see what EJ thought of it.
Okay - Good Night to all - it's too late for me now! I must shut down the cam! Hold the fort.
Good morning Scylla. Thank you for your efforts along with CC. What a marathon this saga has been. Dare we hope that some good will come of it?.
Mike B said:Dare we hope that some good will come of it?.
I don't, to be honest MIKE :'(
But am trying to concentrate on carrying on, supporting our nest family thru thick and thin. It's never been thinner :'(
Having said "It's never been thinner", I realise there have been dire times in the past, but not in my relatively short time - and even for those who witnessed those dire times, I don't think they will have been quite so personally invested in the individuals back then as we all have become with EJ and Odin together.
But I wasn't there, and maybe people like TIGER and CHLOE and others (I can't remember how long most members have been LG watchers) will say they've been thru worse.
Morning, Scylla, CC, and Mike. Scylla and CC - many thanks for updates so far. Scylla - thanks for the resume and intro (I actually don't know how you managed to keep it together long enough to compile it). EJ calling gently as I write - who knows what today will bring? Keep pressing the wrong keys - my eyes seem to be blurred - wonder why?