DAILY UPDATE ~ Loch Garten nest ~ Wednesday, 08 June 2016

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?