There's an abandoned egg, and a giant slug on the Loch Garten nest tonight...
Well, OK, it's not a giant slug, but in fact a lovely brown trout that Odin brought for EJ yesterday evening about 9pm, but she never came to claim it.
It's clear now to all our relief that EJ has finally given up on incubating the unviable egg, whilst Odin seems to have rediscovered a desire to deliver decent sized fish to the nest, but a bit late...
Here is one of Moffer's lovely captures of Odin the Magnificent delivering the 'slug'
And because it was only posted at the very end of yesterday's DU, but you wouldn't want to miss it, here is Birdie Num Num's video of Odin's earlier appearance on the nest around 7pm, in lovely evening sunlight
Glad tidings of brand new osplets at both Loch of the Lowes and Manton Bay are tinged with sadness that we won't be seeing any Loch Garten bobbleheads this season. But let's remember that both of these nests were in a similar no-chick predicament last year - and how their fortunes have now turned again.
So hopefully things will now start to settle back into a regular pattern, and EJ and Odin will continue to work as the magnificent pair they have been, to defend this nest and bond with each other for next season.
On with another day...
Chocoholix shiny new 2018 Interactive Osprey & Chick Chart! (with clickable links!)
Crikey, 16 year Tiger, that is fantastic. Keep it up its always good to hear your comments and look at yours and Chloe's stat pages.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
Shucks Tiger (she says blushing)
Ha ha ha Chloe :)
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Lynette D said:Crikey, 16 year Tiger, that is fantastic. Keep it up its always good to hear your comments and look at yours and Chloe's stat pages.
Thank you. It is always good to know that someone is reading.
Tiger Signature
As this latest outage seems to have bedded itself in, I have texted Carnyx but it's Saturday...
Have also sent what I hope is a tactful SOS to Jen.
IMAGICAT
Cam is back :) Thank you VC
I wonder who did what, if anything? We'll never know.
Morning all!
WOWEEE MOFFER! You have had a mega-posting morning, not to mention the overnight duty. I watched til 3 and there was nothing but nothing happening! So amazing to see all the action just 40 or so minutes later... thank you heartily for all the pics of the morning's activity.
Isn't it great to see EJ back to her old ways, shouting for fish whilst standing on a fish tail ;)
Tiger, 16 years of carefully moderating, educating, enthusing, introducing the art of splodgology, fact checking, data storing and story telling! Thank you so much!
I wonder if you were to add up the hours you were physically reading, responding and posting on all the different forums during the last 16 years, how many years' active service that would be too? :)))
Is there some kind of Pandion Cross of Honour we can bestow? I think it will have to be the Super Service Knighthood - so arise Sir Tiger of Haliaetus
PS that's an SSK to you, see what I did there?! :D :D
chocoholix said: Tiger, 16 years of carefully moderating, educating, enthusing, introducing the art of splodgology, fact checking, data storing and story telling! Thank you so much! I wonder if you were to add up the hours you were physically reading, responding and posting on all the different forums during the last 16 years, how many years' active service that would be too? :))) Is there some kind of Pandion Cross of Honour we can bestow? I think it will have to be the Super Service Knighthood - so arise Sir Tiger of Haliaetus PS that's an SSK to you, see what I did there?! :D :D
OMG. I have not had too many posts like that. Here was my very first post and it got an enthusiastic response. If it hadn't been I might have given up and life would have been different. Strange thing is that I did not really think of it as significant at the time but it was. Not even sure how long it was before my second post.
EJ and Odin both back on nest
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