DAILY UPDATE ~ Loch Garten nest ~ Thursday, 19 April 2018

I see that the green stuff, whatever it is, is not clinging to EJs feet at all, thankfully.

It's certainly sad to see EJ on the nest, looking around all the time for a possible mate to appear.

EDIT --  It took me too long to post the above, and I see she has flown off now. Do hope she's gone fishing!

I have just come in for a break from the garden Sheila. I was hopeful that a fish might have arrived. No such luck. Maybe EJ really has gone fishing now.

moffer said:

What more can she do?

She can imagine they are all white-tailed eagles and shoo them off the premises.  Then she can go fishing until a real man shows up.

Karen W said:

Strange she has appeared to cover the egg!!

It would not surprise me now if EJ has gone fishing.

14.48 It appears to me that EJ moved the brown moss stuff in to the cup on purpose. Picking it up

and moving straight to the cup with it

Thanks for the captures Moffer.  

Agree, I think she has deliberately covered the egg, most likely to protect from predators knowing she would soon be leaving the nest.    

What is that towards the back of the nest that looks like feathers?

I posted a snap of the green stuff just before Moffer's "wuss" post, and since then was working on a cropped video of its history on the nest (but it really wasn't helpful), then following a kitchen session I had to check back on how the nest material got near the egg, whether anyone had been on the nest...

So we're all wusses, Moffer, worrying about our dearest EJ :-*

patily said:

What is that towards the back of the nest that looks like feathers?

Hi, Patily :)  If you're talking about the green stuff, that's what we'd all like to know.  The male brought it in.

Thanks SCYLLA