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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Would she not just shrug him off if not Odin? and she is 'chatting' rather than shouting now..?
I'm sure it's BB. If you look at the end of Scylla's Sitting on EJ movie, you will see him come in after Odin flies off. Her response to him is totally different.
Going to stick my neck out here, and say its probably Odin on nest due to EJ's not very aggressive reaction. I'll admit to being confused though.
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Yes, I agree that this one is Odin.
scylla said: I wonder if several of the Black Bands we've seen have been Odin.
I wonder if several of the Black Bands we've seen have been Odin.
Scylla - we thought it was Odin on the nest this morning around 10.00am until we saw the chest !!!
So it could well be Odin has been in and out all day .. but I would have thought perhaps the VC would have said something
I think EJ is just exhausted. All this unwanted male attention, and a female trying for the nest. Her eggs are gone, hubby has gone walkabout, and she's not had a lot of fish. Bewildered? I would be.
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deveronside said: I'm sure it's BB. If you look at the end of Scylla's Sitting on EJ movie, you will see him come in after Odin flies off. Her response to him is totally different.
Off he goes again.
He's flown. I really hope he comes back with a fish.
So, they are going to have to make it Osprey Law that all birds carry a Darvic ring. My head has been pickled today. None of the birds today have had one except for EJ, and we know who she is.