As if she has not to endure enough in her long life, EJ is now in the predicament of having laid an egg (scylla's video) in front of poor Paul's eyes without having found a suitable companion. She has not incubated the egg since she laid it at around 2:25 am, choosing though to guard it rather than abandon it to go fishing. We have no idea if it is viable, and where the two males are in the fish delivery department (RSPB FB post). Indeed EJ herself may be wondering. In fact, one or two of the males showed up for nookie (not Newman? and Newman?), and puzzled over the appearance of the Egg, but no fish was forthcoming despite her nagging. EJ was left standing on the nest next to the egg in windy weather (scylla's vid), which is where she is now ever since morning. Quoting scylla,
scylla said:You're not alone being confused... hold hands!
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She's shouting with the flaps.
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Male lands with moss!
Male with something in talon but I think it's a bit of inconsequential nest material.
Edit - it was a little clump:
Male brings in a stick. That's a step in the right direction.
EJ calls for fish
male has just brought in a stick
Do we know when EJ last ate? Ian
There's a male in her sights. EJ reacts then calls for fish.
cam down
Karen W said: male has just brought in a stick
And that was just after he'd brought a mossy clump.
A distraction meant I not only did not post the video, I hadn't even uploaded it!
EJ is really shouting now
I really do hope we see a vast improvement today for it is possible that EJ could lay another egg tomorrow. I think her average laying time between eggs is about 66 hours.