DAILY UPDATE ~Loch Garten Nest~ Monday 30 April 2018

Our last view of EJ on Sunday included an entrancing landscape lit  (info from Helen) by a full moon, with Jupiter below. (by Limpy)
And now she is faceplanted into the nest, looking exhausted. © RSPB - Loch Garten and Carnyx Wild

Yesterday saw her receiving one smallish long fish in late afternoon, and either consuming it quickly or dropping it. In any case she returned quickly to the nest. We all hope for more substantial and earlier deliveries for our Queen, or we will definitely be continuing to call him Junior.

Another event involved what seemed to be a male osprey, Blue Darvic NW3, caught expertly by the sharp-eyed Moffer (video by scylla), trying to land on the nest and being flapped away by EJ. Later, osprey alarm chirps were heard from afar. Maybe GJ chased off the intruder.

I leave with the most recent capture of the minute. It is tiring to raise a new generation and train a new mate at the same time...she rocks on the eggs in her sleep.© RSPB - Loch Garten and Carnyx Wild
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