Well not unexpectedly the season came to an end on Saturday morning when the intruding male broke the final egg.
As EJ is still in brooding mode she is still spending a lot of time on the nest brooding non existent eggs.
It now remains to be seen what will happen next. A variety of things could happen but as always with ospreys they will usually surprise us.
I guess the only way to find out is to keep watching.
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Unknown said: No all died due to weakness and early hatch and nothing to do with Henry. Tiger commented recently with very useful info on why second clutches are unsuccessful.
No all died due to weakness and early hatch and nothing to do with Henry. Tiger commented recently with very useful info on why second clutches are unsuccessful.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Get in , get in, get in boy, about time you little beauty. What fantastic news, this is going to get me thru night shift just nicely. Let's hope everything goes ok from now and no more dramas but I can't see it as I think we will have more to come unless he gets rid of OC pdq.Lets hope things settle down over the next few days.
I am away for a while and I hope the blog later is good in relation to Odins perceived health. I for one am not celebrating until I have further info on Odins condition and his and EJ joint ability to rid the nest area of OC, which jen can provide. I think odin and oc have now been away for a while and not counting my chickens just yet, but truly hoping beyond hope that it is odin who comes home. Odin may not have been beaten or injured in ariel battle but may have injured himself flying into something so may yet beat off the young pretender and cohorts
Poor EJ is soaked.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
chocoholix said: OMG I can't believe it!!! Only just realised what has happened! Stingray I didn't get your message - I have been in a connection black hole all weekend!!! I did wonder when I saw there was skydancing whilst OC was on the nest whether it might be Odin.. and also that fish disappeared SOOO fast, could it be that EJ had taken it, eaten some, and then found him and given him the rest? Early this morning, I said I didn't think this season was at all over. And it isn't! :) :) :) It's great news isn't it Choco. Jen blogged at 5.01pm so it's not been long. EJ has been sitting on the eggshell since. EJ is quiet and it is raining. Eager to read the next blog. I bet they are ecstatic up there!
OMG I can't believe it!!! Only just realised what has happened!
Stingray I didn't get your message - I have been in a connection black hole all weekend!!!
I did wonder when I saw there was skydancing whilst OC was on the nest whether it might be Odin.. and also that fish disappeared SOOO fast, could it be that EJ had taken it, eaten some, and then found him and given him the rest?
Early this morning, I said I didn't think this season was at all over. And it isn't!
:) :) :)
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Gosh, listen to that rain.
This is going to sound awful but it is such a relief to only be feeling sorry for EJ because of the weather!
I wonder now as I thought the other day whether odin has been the constant skydancer and oc has been keeping him off the nest. I think Scylla also commented that she thought one of alarm calls was Odin when intruders including oc odin and everyone else was off cam the other day.
Is that thunder I can hear? Distant rumbles!
There is only one Odin The Magnificent.