It is a huge privilege to start this new thread, especially after a day like yesterday.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my mother, father, all ospreys worldwide and Tiger for drawing in his claws and stepping back.
I wish us all a less confused day of watching and attempting to interpret, and EJ and Odin the very best luck in the world in their defence of the most famous Osprey nest in the world.
Greetings all fellow 'midnighters'.
Some people think Ospreys are a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
Loads of alarm calling going on!
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
My the wind is really strong at LG just now, the pile of sticks on the bottom left is actually lifting up, and EJ sitting looking about her, hope it all holds together!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I do wish the belligerent boys would stop squabbling for a minute, and that one of them, preferably Odin, would go and get the patient lady something to eat.
Lynn L said:My the wind is really strong at LG just now, the pile of sticks on the bottom left is actually lifting up, and EJ sitting looking about her, hope it all holds together!!
Oldshoremore said:My the wind is really strong at LG just now, the pile of sticks on the bottom left is actually lifting up, and EJ sitting looking about her, hope it all holds together!! Well, that would be a turn-up for the books, if the nest collapsed. Settle things fairly definitively for this this season. [/quote]Blimey, don't go tempting fate!! Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
[/quote]Blimey, don't go tempting fate!!
Odin is back :) All from the same sequence. He too has a small black band.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
And again it's Odin. He stands on EJ to defend the nest.
I should think we'll have enough variety of markings between us to compile a definitive list! ;-D
IMAGICAT
EJ is defending against?
Blimey!
EJ, very sensibly, ducks:
Mantling now: