BLACK SCREEN.© RSPB - Loch Garten and Carnyx Wild
Not much more than a buzzard call was noticed during the day. Perhaps we shamed the Unringed Male off the nest after all those embarrassing home improvement pictures. But we will never know because the cam was left on the side view and was too fuzzy for even our expert Interpreter of Fuzzy Images (scylla) to decode. Not only that, but tonight the cam view has suffered the same fate.
The VC has obviously lowered the priority of the camera views, maybe since our resident pair is no longer in residence, and the breeding season is coming to a close. I am sure that summertime brings plenty of visitors and things to do as a result, but we wish even though we are not seen, that our online presence could garner more attention---or just enough so we can continue our observations throughout the overnight hours into the early morning!
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
Good morning and well said, CC :(
The cam went totally black (with even the white pinprick of the nestcam disappearing) a minute or two before 2250hr and remains so. I thought we'd have a little light penetrating by now.
I'm sitting here trying to think of something else to say, it must be half an hour now... :(
IMAGICAT
I think there are still valuable things to be learned from the visiting ospreys, such as how they might begin to bond to a nest, and who some of the characters might be in next season's story. Not to mention the practice at identifying individual ospreys (!!)
What a treasure we have in the BC and all those others who so thoroughly document the nest activity 24/7. Bravi!
Starting to come thru:
Pandy said:I think there are still valuable things to be learned
Absolutely, PANDY!
I've turned up the screen brightness and from now on I should have quite a clear view of 'events':
And this is the very same snap brightened in a basic picture editor:
Coffee time.
VLC's take on it now:
Good morning MC. Do I take it that the 'black out' is due to this camera not having a 'night' capacity?
I currently have the same view as your post above.
Birdies LG DU update.
No activity.
I think that the very last time we saw SU was when he arrived on top of alarmy calls and appeared to panic above the nest and dropped his stick. Did something occur that put him off his project? (Assuming it was SU.)
Good morning, MIKE :) I was catching up with the amazing events at Hog Island.
Mike B said:Do I take it that the 'black out' is due to this camera not having a 'night' capacity?
Yes, as far as I know this cam doesn't have infra-red.
I didn't expect it to stay totally black for so long.
Good Morning SCYLLA