The wind had died down, no rain, hurah, and EJ is getting some kip with the occasional wriggle from the chicks.
Happy viewing to all our overseas watchers and see you in the morning.
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She dragged that huge branch all round the nest until she was happy with it. I thought at one point she was going to block the camera with it!
Poor old Odin won't recognise the nest when he gets back!
she seems to be doing alot of furiture aranging
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Don't mess with EJ:
She's going to have to move that big branch as it is draped across the nest cup at the moment.
Hi Thanks for all the reports and great pics. More from the intruder!? - dear me, he/she won't give up.
Chicks alone at present as EJ has just flown off again.
She was constantly dropping the "small tree" on Titch. As it climbs out from under it and shakes it's head you can see the bewilderment on it's face . " Mum what are you doing I am under here?"
EJ dropped a long thin branch near one of the older chicks and the chick carried it from the center to the edge of the nest . They are rapidly developing
Formerly known as Barbara Jean
Chicks home alone:
EJ comes back and takes one look at the big stick: "who put that there, then ? " !!!!!!!
I am having more and more difficulty in telling them apart, except of course Titch is smaller and less marked. Now one of the bigger ones is moving a small twig!
As of now I can't tell the older chicks apart, but one has a wide white stripe above the dark mask stripe near the back of it's face and the other is all dark there . Can some one figure out if the one with more white on it's face is chick # 1 or 2?
You can also see the extra white on both sides from the back of it's head