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
At last!
FISH @ 1711hr !!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it's a good 'un.
Hooray!!! Good for you, EJ. About time too, OC, you silly b****r.
A very good fish! (I'm sorry to say ;-) )
Great to see! So pleased EJ is now getting fed :)
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Oldshoremore said: About time too, OC, you silly b****r.
Is your expletive auto-edited, OLDSHOREMORE, or do you do it manually? ;-)
Well captured Scylla! Looked like he was for taking off with it but EJ snatched it! Clever girl:-)
scylla said:Is your expletive auto-edited, OLDSHOREMORE, or do you do it manually? ;-)
Karen W said:have you heard from Carnyx?
No Karen, and I've just done a second search of my chaotic Inbox to make sure. No results found. My email was sent last Sunday evening, the 3rd, but it was Easter, which I didn't think of at the time. (We retirees don't have to worry about days of the week and bank holidays ;-) )
Also no reply to text sent on the 7th.
I've put a few pics of the fish delivery in the timeslot on previous page. Not a bad size. I'm so glad that she has some fish. Hubby came running when he heard me cheer :)
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Oldshoremore said:Is it possible to auto-delete?
The site's system does it on quite a lot of forums. Trouble is, they can't discriminate so you can't talk about male chickens and suchlike.