No time to prepare a detailed synopsis of yesterday's discouraging events, which included matings and intrusions (with support from male) but no fish, despite EJ leaving the nest and her egg for a couple of quite long periods.
This sums up most of our feelings (me having said that I was not worried):
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Edit
A couple of videos added to yesterday's DU, covering EJ's long break during which the male defended, and EJ tending the nestcup followed by a quick fly-around.
IMAGICAT
Their floozie - well it is possible especially when thinking about 5F and B24! And where does EJ go?
We never will know but I wonder how many nests are in that area?
But ... thanks for the vid Scylla. It really is so very, very sad and more so with EJ still standing and calling.
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This was a quickie mating - see further on for video.
Evening all, again first chance to check in today. Oh dear me, this is getting sadder each and every day, poor girl never been fed and she still does not know what to do with that egg! These flippertygibbit males have no clue, just want some nookie and nothing else. She must be so confused, her long term partner not returning, wondering and waiting to see if he will, these young boys, well say no more, an egg. What is going to happen? She must be so hungry by now.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I don't think this FB update was posted
they seem to think there is a good possibility she has eaten - I tend to agree with others here that she hasn't
She is clearly calling for fish and her crop does not look full by any means.
Birdies LG DU update.
male arrives with large stick
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now placing it
That is some stick!
male is over the egg
i thought for a moment he was going to incubate it!!
He pondered around and has now flown.
EJ is still calling
he flies in to mate
Has she eaten ?