This is the beginning of a running thread of the off-season LG Nest Observation Thread until EJ's return next Spring. She may be on holiday or perhaps she is taking a leisurely route with long layovers, investigating nearby territories. God speed her to her wintering grounds and back to our eyes in 2018. With a bit of luck and good timing, EJ the Wise and Magnificent could oust the youngsters CT6 and apparent beau Twiggy from taking over her property.
Please post any notable observations here in the off-season. For more of this season's information on this nest, please see BNN's DU Summaries for 2017.
Photos of EJ fishing on July 14th (last day she was seen) at Aviemore Lochan, posted on FB by Dave Joicey, perhaps taken by Lynne Joicey.
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
LOL, CC. So funny. I wonder where he and all the others have disappeared to. I am still getting the odd drop out, but the grass is growing well!!
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Evening folks, CC a big thanks for starting the new thread. What can I add that has not already been said by the others. It is sad that the season is almost over and we look at an empty nest. It is surely going to be a LONG 6 months for us all, but I can't wait. Fly safe our georgeous Lady and return to LG and await your mate, whoever that may be!! where once again we all stop doing what we should be doing for the following 6 months! Osprey's, they sure tug at the heart strings.
CC, that sure is a funny clip of Twiggy (or as I call him, Goofy)!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Buffer-buffer-buffer >:(
IMAGICAT
Still buffering frequently.
scylla said: Still buffering frequently.
No change.
Except it's nightcam and I can't attend to that yet.
Night all. It must have been one of the quietest days of the season, so far.
Nuttin' happening right now but a bit of wind that sounds a little like distant thunder on the mic. Good night all.
Morning ALL
Just for the record, its an empty nest with rain dripping down..... a sad sight indeed in more ways than one....
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Good morning Mary, sad indeed.
Birdies LG DU update.
Good Morning Mike
We all thought that 2015 was a bad year, and it couldn't get any worse, but this year has left us all in limbo, we will never know what happened to Odin, or EJ for that matter, all we can do is wait until next March to see if they arrive safe and well.
Even if EJ is not seen at LG next year, it still is no confirmation of her demise. She could be at another nest within the Strathspey area, she moved nests once, what is to say she doesn't do it again.
There are just so many questions that are left unanswered.
What happened to PP7 (Cromarty) he was the one that kicked it all off, he was seen only once back at LG, and only once was recorded a few weeks later at the Aviemore Lochan....
Also FC8 where did he disappear too, out of all the suitors he is the one I would have chosen for our EJ.... she only deserves the BEST after all.
Its the not knowing which is worse.....
Every season there are sad things happen but always the good things outweigh the bad, but this season has been the worst season I have encountered since watching, I think for the first time the balance has tipped towards the bad (sadly).....
All we can hope for is a better season next year.