Well, it certainly was another exciting day at the nest. While we are delighted that Junior is stepping up to the plate, we couldn't figure out how he been able to deliver two good sized fish within about half an hour. After much speculation about where he could have gone to fish and have time to catch and bring another, RSPB Loch Garten FB posted that an intruder male had brought the first trout (BNN's video), just before the 2nd delivery by Junior! Junior's looked much better, too, and she looked like she wanted to take it off him.© RSPB - Loch Garten and Carnyx Wild_______________________________________The Daily Update is for recording nest events only, allowing for banter, though—any questions or conversations can happen on the Osprey Chat thread. Thank you!
The events surrounding the two fish an intruder are still unclear. Then of course there were the subsequent "trout variety" discussions: Blue trout, sea trout, brown trout or rainbow trout??? It is a mystery to me, though whatever the first one was, it did seem like a tough tear for EJ.
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Junior is back to check if there is any more left over fish
A lovely couple
Cathy said:I rather like the name Orion
I was thinking Helios because he's brought sunshine back into EJ's and our lives (all being well). But I haven't hit on anything I really like yet.
And I do prefer 2 syllables.
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Twiggy is looking good.
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He's flown
Twiggy has gone and I must lie down for a while.
Have a good rest, LIMPY :)
That mating ended well :)
Junior wanted to mate, and I think he did!
Quite a number of good suggestions for the name of the new male. By this rate we might get it narrowed down to a choice of five. He flew in for a quick mating, while I was typing this. EJ currently on the eggs. Looking typically Phenomenal.
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Some great photos today thanks folks. And lovely memories of Odin. One year I walked to Loch Mallachie and there was Odin, sitting in a tree opposite. Very distinguishable by his very white chest. It felt like a special moment, just him and me. But the new guy is shaping up well and that's what matters most now. I have no strong view about a name, but it would be nice to have one before I 'meet' him in 35 days time (and counting)