So Saturday, Darvic Blue Ring FC8 visits, and an unringed male visited with a fish, but no transfer occurred until EJ found it later on the nest. Then yesterday, Blue FC8 visits again and elicits confirmation from LG about the ring number in this blog entry. Then the unringed male shows up again [BNN's video]. Darvic FC8
unringed maleNo one knows who either of these birds are, and EJ seems to be checking them both out. What a hot Mama she is! I am looking forward at least to finding out the ID for FC8 soon, but I'm sure LG is on it. I'm miffed that they waited until I was outta town to show themselves, but delighted that the team of experts on this forum documented every move (despite obstacles!). In the meantime, will one or the other of them try showing up with fish again?
As scylla says, this must be an example how partnerships are formed after breeding season is over at the nest site.
Here's scylla's last video of Saturday evening when EJ and FC8 were on the nest for an extended time during which FC8 is wondering if she will accept his advances, but she eventually flaps him off the nest, apparently since he had no fish. HOWEVER, at the very end of this video, she leans waaaaay over the edge of the nest to successfully pull up a headless trout.
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Hi all just got back from work have I missed anything exciting today??? Any love news lol
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Unknown said: Hi all just got back from work have I missed anything exciting today??? Any love news lol
As per Page1, the action today occurred before any of us were up :(
Evening folks, well not much happening today, where is EJ and the 2 boys? Who will she choose?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So being a novice does this mean if EJ chooses one of these males will this be the male she breeds with next season? ?
Unknown said: So being a novice does this mean if EJ chooses one of these males will this be the male she breeds with next season? ?
Maybe yes and maybe no. 200 days is quite a long time and a 6,000 mile round trip for each.
Best wait and see.
in 2003 we though that Henry and EJ were the future.
On 25 March 2005 EJ turned up and two days later a male who she started to get together with. It turned out to be her ex-husband. So started a soap opera that last 5 years. See Loch Garten 2004
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scylla said: Did the Coal Tit find a piece of fish?
Did the Coal Tit find a piece of fish?
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Thank you Tiger I find all this really fascinating and confusing at the same time - but I only started on this site in March so still learning lol I'm becoming quite addicted ha ha
moffer said:They have been collecting and eating egg shell!
That makes sense :) My grandmother used to give eggshells to the chickens.