Just noticed it is Monday. It is my honor to start the new thread. Though I have not had much to contribute this season, I am nevertheless moved by the circumstances and events in the last week, not the least of which is the return of our dear ODIN.
Yesterday began with most of us resigning ourselves to OC (Orange Chest) being the new dominant male of the nest, especially after he kicked 2 eggs out of the nest, and destroyed the third in the nest cup. However, though EJ eventually accepted fish from him, she nevertheless refused to mate with him, shrugging him off time after time. Today OC brought a good sized brown trout to the nest, but promptly took off, after which a brief view of the chasing "intruder" was seen on the nest. This chasing "intruder" looked like ODIN, first mentioned by scylla, and commented upon similarly by other posters such as Moffer and Lindybird among others. Here is scylla's video of the fish and its disappearance followed by an osprey looking very much like Odin.
He did not return until late at night, caught by this video by BirdieNumNum, to our delight. We dearly hope to see him return victorious in the daylight.
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Unknown said:He had the whole of Abernethy to monitor.
It may not be a discussion for here, but if Jen has taken over his whole role (in an "acting" capacity) then it's a tall order for her.
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Good morning everyone especially Scylla. I was flattered to have a personal greeting from HQ!!! Having read through all today's thread I was hopeful things might be settling down when Odin arrived with a fish, but now a 2nd fish has arrived with OC. Oh dear. I think there are more twists and turns to come yet!!
Unknown said: With all due respect to Richard you should understand that his role was not just to greet visitors in the VC. He had the whole of Abernethy to monitor.
With all due respect to Richard you should understand that his role was not just to greet visitors in the VC. He had the whole of Abernethy to monitor.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
scylla said:Did VLC catch it by any chance?
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Clare Bailey said: A Man Who Didn't Like MeSubtly put! Was it a reincarnation of a notorious troll? [/quote] Unfortunately not - it was a well-established, knowledgeable, respected, distinguished member whose name escapes me ;-) IMAGICAT
A Man Who Didn't Like Me
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Unfortunately not - it was a well-established, knowledgeable, respected, distinguished member whose name escapes me ;-)
Hi, Rusty! Good to see you back.
Brilliant piece of film thank you so very much!!
Thinking back, I was probably the first member who started lowering the tone. TIGER will remember.
Richard was brilliant, so clever, so kind, so courteous!
Back for 2 mins. So OC is definitely still around, then. Not good news for Odin.
RE Cirrus' comment about missing Richard:-
Jen this year has been really good about providing info very quickly - I get the impression she has a similar outlook to most of us on here, and is possibly willing to appear more emotionally involved with the birds than Richard did.
I always felt that Richard, who obviously had a deep and abiding love for, and expert knowledge of all birds, was able to remain calm and dispassionate in the face of any crisis, perhaps because of his long experience of all the ups and downs that can occur -(what was it he used to say on the blog, when the forum was going into meltdown - was it "Chill, people"? We always got the info in the end, in a calm and measured manner, but possibly not as promptly as some of us would have liked.
So - two different approaches, both equally valid.