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
I'm off too - will try to look in again later (hopefully to find news that Mr L Plates has delivered another fish).
Only a comfort break. EJ's back.
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moffer said:Far be it for me to moan, but several of the blogs have had omissions and their facts have been wrong. They are doing a hard job at a difficult time, but still, could do better.
Far be it for me to moan, but several of the blogs have had omissions and their facts have been wrong. They are doing a hard job at a difficult time, but still, could do better.
It's seems some of us are ignored here..
I'm glad to hear that Scylla
scylla said:Oh 'eck, I've made a silly mistake in my comment, saying the Weds fish was 0705 instead of 1905. Oh well :-/
Oh 'eck, I've made a silly mistake in my comment, saying the Weds fish was 0705 instead of 1905. Oh well :-/
Hi Harry. Odin has a favourite fishing spot where he was seen daily. The watcher there knows his distinctive look. He hasn't been seen there since Tuesday last :(
Just silly things wrong on the blog, like the number of intruders, but then corrected. EJ didn't get fish on Wednesday night from OC. Until the fish tail yesterday, she had had no food since Tuesday, and that was the fish that Odin dropped off the last time we saw him. No biggie things.
Unknown said: It's seems some of us are ignored here..
EJ has flown and so must I. TTFN.
Applause Harry Applause..;-)