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Thanks MOFFER I saw the postabout the fish.....and nice and early too Good boy Odin
Good morning everybody - many thanks for all your valiant efforts to make sense of what's been happening given the truly awful cam conditions (talk about going from the sublime to the ridiculous - from those truly spectacular shots of The Magnificent One to horrible blur). It's such a pity, because the team at LG are obviously working so hard to give us the best coverage, and they are up against technical issues over which they have no control. Anyway, all vids pics and reports from yesterday and today are VERY much appreciated!
Thought we had hopefully seen the last of the intruders, but obviously not the case. However, both EJ and Odin look as if they are in robustly good form (hooray!), so with luck, they will continue to hold outsiders at bay.
Am very busy at the moment, so will just look in occasionally to catch up. Have a good day, everyone.
Hi OSM
Morning all! What a terrible picture on the cam.
Thanks for starting the daily thread Limpy. Odin has made several attempts to kick that egg out, but for some reason he never succeeds. We know he is a champion egg kicker, but this egg just seems indestructible!
A belated thanks to Scylla yesterday for the fantastic compilation video you posted of various shots during the morning - it's great to see the bonding between them.
Chocoholix shiny new 2018 Interactive Osprey & Chick Chart! (with clickable links!)
Hi Patily! I'm going to log off now. I've realised, having spent several absorbing weeks on this forum is that the only way I'll have any chance whatsoever of getting through the day's essential tasks, is by removing the temptation to get involved in all the interesting conversations and observations. So, I'm going to be strong willed, and lurk for a while. Enjoy the chat!
I've just read that Blue XD and Green J do not have any eggs this year, but are still together defending their nest. I understand that she is 24 and didn't lay :(
I hope that doesn't lead to more woe for Odin next year.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
That's sad
I just read Roy's update on Green J and BlueXD too, Moffer. That's the second year that they have not had any chicks, so it does seem that GreenJ is at the end of her breeding years. Their nest now seems a prime location for a younger osprey to launch a takeover attempt?
EJ quite likes Blue XD. If Green J doesn't return next year, I hope that Odin gets home early. If she has a "dalliance" with XD and follows him home again, and no Green J to shoo her off :((
Good Morning everybody - thanks for the new thread and comments/pics etc. Such a shame that the pics have gone so unpredictable from the camera at the moment :'( - but you're all doing a great job with what you have to work with.
I'd been hoping that we'd seen the last of Fenrir - quite a surprise to see him turn up yesterday and back to his old tricks. Thank goodness that EJ and Odin are both in better condition to deal with him at the moment.
Another day of being away from home/PC for me - so I'm looking forward to catching up with news later in the day.
Many thanks Ollie xx
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