Day began with Skydancing at 3:38 AM and Odin's visit to the nest less than an hour later. It was a wet morning. He managed to bring EJ a fish around 6:15 AM after a downpour. Though Blue Darvic CS9 featured prominently the day before, there was no sight of Blue Darvic yesterday. Instead, Odin and EJ sat distantly on their various perches during a windy day, with Odin occasional visiting the nest. Near the end of the day, a stick kicked up in the wind and hit him in the face. :-/
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And flown.
Morning Moffer. Thank you CC for starting the day. A sad day for you.
Back to read what's happened since last evening!
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They've found EJ on the lovely Scots pine branch
I'm happy to be told it's Odin if I'm wrong!!
Spot on Sheila. I think that's the perching branch below the cam tree and to the right.
I can't see any fish. She must have eaten that entire headless fish already!
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The sticks did get blown by the wind, not so much in a buffer as a very brief blur.
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Skydancing!
He kept it up for about 3 minutes, loud and clear despite the wind. But he didn't land, according to me - nobody did until EJ as reported by MOFFER.
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Morning Scylla :)
A wing stretch, a poop, and a stretch, and back to gripping the branch.
Cam is still on her, bouncing in the wind.
A few pick ups (? where did that phrase come from LOL) from last night. Thank you CC for starting the day. Yes, Mary, I agree totally with you when you said While it has been sad that there were no chicks, we have seen more of Odin this year than we have ever had. Usually it's only a fleeting glimpse as he delivers fish to his brood then he is off again. It has also been lovely to be able to witness their interaction. I loved Brenda's comment last night: The nest appears to be breathing as two branches rise and fall with the wind. It is so descriptive! I wonder who tidied up the wind-blown nest in the wee dark hours!
And well done Odin for the first large fish of the day. It can't have been easy in those windy conditions!
Having posted on various forums on Thursday about the radio programme on Lake District osprey, I forgot and only heard the second half at Esthwaite, but one fact I noted was that fish don't like bright conditions: they sink lower in the water, which is why Odin brings in fish in the early hours or later in the evening when the sun is lower in the sky and therefore the light less intense! Well, the theory is there, whether it works in practise I am not sure!
I'll be in and out for a while. Have to do some jobs, and my sister is calling in.