The best recap of the busy yesterday is in scylla's most excellent catchup post later in the day. She also expertly decoded the extremely blurred cam view in the morning hours. Clearly if anyone needs help with reconnaissance, scylla is the one. :-D
(MU by Moffer --- there were better ones of hers that I unsuccessfully tried to reload) It seems the male of the hour may be Mr. Unringed (MU as Moffer has coined him), not to be confused with PU, who had earlier been a contender, best known for bringing fish to the nest, dropping it in fright of EJ, and leaving it hanging on the edge of the nest for EJ to find later. We wish MU the best and advise that he bring her a fresh fish breakfast post haste.
(by scylla)The report would be incomplete without the portrait of the opportunistic yet handsome crow that has been keeping EJ company.
EJ for the most part with her fish, content on her not-fish perch, lovely flyoffs captured of course by our Moffer.
Every day we see EJ being more her perky and regal self, a development that is the only balm to our collective loss of her long-time partner Odin. We are rooting for you dear EJ, whether you know it or not. :-*
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
This is how it went:
I can't upload any more at the mo, keep getting "Error".
Then I got this:
Which may have fixed the problem so I'll carry on.
IMAGICAT
I can see all the pics on this page - let's hope the problem has been fixed, and if so - many thanks to the RSPB's techie bods and to MIKE for firing them up ;-*
Feeling lucky, I'm going to get a coffee.
scylla said:Moffer phoned the VC in very good time yesterday, so we're on the nest, ready for the morning shenanigans - fingers crossed that that's where our birds will choose to conduct them, rather than in the Lookout, Love, Cam or Other Tree
Huh!
EJ has landed. One pipe. Unringed male has landed, she's at the front, he at the back looking away from us.
To keep us going, my live snaps ;)
What a face!
He flew!
This is the view which greeted me this morning. I had to wait until she bent her head to get a proper capture!
Birdies LG DU update.
Good morning MC
Unringed:
He has a feather on his nose, and the lens has dirt on it:
The top of his head:
I'm holding the video, hoping for a swift return, but this has been the scene for several minutes:
She's turned away from the edge and is piping very softly, to the middle-ish of the nest.