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
scylla said:He doesn't look too bad from some angles.
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EJ's back with contact calls. The fish is gone
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patily said:Thank goodness EJ grabbed the fish Well done you wonderful osprey
EJ seems to have eaten the whole lot, not even a sniff for OC. Wonder why? :)
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She must have inhaled that fish!
She's asking for MORE, bless her :)
Glad to see she's eaten something.
OC is not mantling her on the nest at least.
EJ's flown leaving OC there.
OC has flown