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.
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
Mike B said:I'm sure we are all waiting for Odin to appear and pose.
Good morning, Mike.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Tina T said: Good morning to everyone, thank you Scylla for all the updates so far today. thought I would dip in before work. I still can't believe the gorgeous Odin is home, although looking at the video of the fish delivery, I first thought OC, did anyone else think the same?! EJ did react differently which suggested it was Odin.
Good morning to everyone, thank you Scylla for all the updates so far today. thought I would dip in before work.
I still can't believe the gorgeous Odin is home, although looking at the video of the fish delivery, I first thought OC, did anyone else think the same?! EJ did react differently which suggested it was Odin.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Good morning everybody - as usual thanks so very much for the overnight obs/pics/vids to all who managed to stay awake after the excitement of yesterday. I'm another who's so pleased to discover that the evening wasn't just a dream inspired by 'wishful thinking' :-).
Need to be in/out a couple of times during the day, but will try to keep up as much as possible.
cheers - Ollie x
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moffer said:OC never once faced EJ with fish underfoot. He was a little afraid that she would attack. Odin usually lands this way. It was wonderful to see. 100% Odin :)
You know, sitting here watching EJ and waiting to see Odin I got to thinking. Yesterday was the first time that EJ spent any amount of time away from the nest. She was away for at least an hour on two occasions when I was watching. I wonder if she went and found Odin.
I must say it is great to have so many lovely people posting! I hope this continues.
Clare Bailey said: I'm sure we are all waiting for Odin to appear and pose.You mean His Magnificent Gorgeousness, of course! Good morning, Mike [/quote] Of course!. Perhaps HMG should be added to his name as a matter of course!!. LOL. Birdies LG DU update.
I'm sure we are all waiting for Odin to appear and pose.
Good morning, Mike
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Of course!. Perhaps HMG should be added to his name as a matter of course!!. LOL.
Birdies LG DU update.
Oldshoremore said:Does anyone know if they record and keep the live stream at the Centre?
I'm sure they'll give us a clip of Odin the Mag, tho ;-)
IMAGICAT
moffer said: You know, sitting here watching EJ and waiting to see Odin I got to thinking. Yesterday was the first time that EJ spent any amount of time away from the nest. She was away for at least an hour on two occasions when I was watching. I wonder if she went and found Odin.
One year after Henry smashed EJ's eggs, she left for days. Henry disappeared one day and came back with EJ. It was said at the time that he went and found her and brought her home, so it's not impossible.