Yesterday was a thundery day of plenty, after a slow start (leftover whale on nest) and some horrible aggression, Goliath on David. I think Fergus's suggestion is perfect (notwithstanding the pronounced genders) until the official names are decided on.
Having slept thru a lot of it, please see CC's summary (link to follow).
However, I thought that the "mystery bird" could do with demonstrating prominently, as a number of us have missed previous IDs.
Male and female cuckoo - he seems to be modifying his call with "pop-ups", and she is the "bubbler":
Here is the thunder that didn't bring on a storm, thank goodness; then Goliath exercising her maturing voice and then enjoying a couple of poops:
EDIT - And this is the male cuckoo with echo-cackle - is that him or another bird?
IMAGICAT
Scylla you are doing a marvellous job as usual! Thank you. Good to see there has been a substantial feed already this morning.
Back came EJ:
Looks as tho she brought something quite insignificant:
I wonder if she's going to give me a rest now?
Morning, RUSTY! :-)
Good morning all. Thank you Scylla, CC and Mary for starting the thread, and all your posts early morning.
Good to see they have been fed and no trouble yet. I think David and Goliath are perfect names, for now.
EJ is calling
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Good morning Moffer. Scylla will no doubt have a sleep now !! LoL
Birdies LG DU update.
EJ expects? No, she's flown!
The chirps were sudden but didn't sound like alarm calls:
She returned with a mysterious black thing:
And, believe it or not, she's gone again !!!
moffer said: Good morning all. I think David and Goliath are perfect names, for now.
Good morning all.
I think David and Goliath are perfect names, for now.
Good morning, MOFFER - glad to see you (to put it mildly).
Now Odin and EJ are both on the nest but I can't see that Odin brought fish.
A slightly unusual morning, given EJ's activities and Odin's lack of ;-)
EJ has flown YET AGAIN!
I'm off now, I hope you and the LG family have a good day :-)
Odin's still there holding something.
EJ's back