Another day of not seeing EJ on the nest. With a great sigh of relief though, we did catch a glimpse of her through Mike Crutch's camera lens carrying a whopper (her usual) out of the lochan, beating out 4 males. :-D THAT is our EJ!
In the meantime a pair of interlopers not only used her pad as a rendezvous, but also for a fish exchange! (pic by Moffer)(video summary by scylla) NOT acceptable---go away! If they are indeed playing house, does EJ need to dissuade them from continuing more seriously next season? Where is she during the day? Perhaps she is, as Moffer suggested, leisurely munching away at her brunch while the kids play. And also, where and who is the unringed male who seemed to have grown fond of EJ? Is it the same male who brought a whole live fish to the Blue Ring girl?
Each day arrives with more questions than any that can be answered easily. We shall do with our little peephole. It is still windblown at the moment. Full moon tonight yet no apparent illumination on the nest. :(
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Thank you, CC. We are in unknown territory, and with such a limited outlook :(
I've been checking the cam down-times - I thought there was a pattern @ 2041hr each evening but need to keep at it a bit longer to be sure.
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No-one seen or heard.
EJ silently to nest :-*
(I haven't been able to post !!! )
EJ landed silently and went straight(ish) into a mantle... and an unringed male landed with a headless fish - but soon took off again :-/ EJ remains on the nest as I type.
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Left in the lurch:
Shrugged off the slight:
Had a potter:
Waited hopefully:
A hop-flap-skip:
Then up to campost and back down again... and flown!
scylla said: Then up to campost and back down again... and flown!
Back down:
Then it looked as tho she flew up to the campost again but I'm confident she flew off:
Coffee time.
EJ returned while I was gone. Am having problems with a USB socket, therefore delay.
scylla said:Am having problems with a USB socket
Oh heck, if only it were only USB socket problems, there are very alarming fings going on here.
Need to slot in EJ's last 2 visits.
She got her talon caught in a licheny stick, it was a worry for a while :o Did quite a lot of nestorising, I'm sure she's hoping that she's found a partner :'(
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Unringed male back on nest with fish and a tweet, and off again.
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Got a back-of-head but no full frontal.