Yesterday our day started with confused reporting (by whom, I wonder? ;) ) of "new new" males on the nest.
See BirdieNumNum's analysis posted late last night - as we had all concluded, eventually, it was just our regular New Male looking different in various lights and at various angles.
A female landed! See Moffer's snaps. There's a video below them if you've got time. Speculation ensued as to whether it could have been CT6 :o
Talking of females, Sheila updated us with some fascinating and welcome info about "08" - it turns out that 08 was DB - probably BlueDB(10), who is none other than a daughter of BlueXD and GreenJ. And she looks so like EJ :)
Isn't wasn't until evening, tho, that the main event of the day occurred:
EJ landed !!! ... announced by Moffer with Hello Sweetie ;)
She was very alert to unwelcome company in the area, and soon after the first visit she returned to defend ~vs~ an unseen intruder and was pursued as she flew off. Needless to say, she looked absolutely gorgeous !!!
Videos.
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Thank you thank you beautiful {don't take any notice of Scylla} for showing up
MaryGK said: EJ needs to tell him to go and get a fish, do a skydance, and I will defend while you are away :-)
EJ needs to tell him to go and get a fish, do a skydance, and I will defend while you are away :-)
Exactly my thoughts. A food soliciting call from EJ would tell us more about whether she is happy to accept fish from this male.
Some people think Ospreys are a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
patily said:The sight that greeted me has taken my breath away
I'm so happy for you, PATILY :-*
What do we think, is it New Male having semi-got his act together? Or is it another male?
As Cirrus would say: "Go and get her a FISH !!!!!!!!!!!!!" with probably even more exclamation marks than that ;)
Another mating attempt.
Oh! A funny one ;-D
Morning Patily
Who knows Scylla re the food soliciting, we can only watch and observe, maybe EJ isn't hungry and would rather have him on the nest helping her to defend. I do hope it is a happy end for her whatever she decides to do, only she knows best :-)
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scylla said: Oh! A funny one ;-D
Well much as I hate to drag myself away, I really have to go....
Enjoy your webcam watching, I think it is going to be a "many pages" DU today :-)
Cheerio the noo
Good morning, all! Finally, a really good start to the day:
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.