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
I thought at the time that she had been looking for him when it turned out that she hadn't been fishing.
IMAGICAT
Thanks for the info re LG stream, Mike and Scylla. Wonder if EJ HAS been looking for Odin? SUCH a pity we can't see what happens off the nest!!
Busy day today, so will probably just look in intermittently from now on, and play catch up. Here's hoping for (good) news from the Centre soon. BFN.
It's really windy at LG again today. Poor EJ still turning her broken shell.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Morning everybody, what a lovely thought if she did go and find him, realy hope today is the day this all gets sorted, we can only wait and watch, does anybody know if Odin looks ok, no injuries, but hes brought fish so must be, feeling ok
The more you rush, the longer it takes
Ah, I've finallly got to the last (current) page. SO appreciative of all your posts and captures THANK YOU EVERYONE. SCYLLA - I award you the Globe and Bafta for best picture; best movie; best director; best actress; best suppporting actress; best screen writer; best photographer (and if there is anything else it all belongs to you. Thank you)
I saw Odin on the other DU in the early hours. Not a dream. Lots of what MOFFER calls ''You are mine and I am yours'' moments. All bonding and fish feeding this morning. Wonderful. I'll shut up now
Caught up at last. read everything. Thanks for the videos SCYLLA.
The stream is really bad this morning. The sound was a bit iffy earlier, but now the pic freezes and I still have sound. Most odd.
The centre can video but obviously only when open. The FH and volunteers also have the ability but it is very much stop and start and being aware of what to tape.
And they are short of volunteers this year, aren't they. The visitors of necessity must come first - a bit like customers in the store instead of filling or actually doing any of the tasks one is expected to do on one's shift. And if all the volunteers are like me a stab at the start and stop button is as much as I could do.
Are they usually short of volunteers? I can't remember if this has been an issue before.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.