Mother's Day brought MIA George back to the nest at 9:49 am, with a fish. No question that this capture (scylla's vid) epitomizes the discussion of the day. ~Moffer's pic
Sigh. Are we happy or not? For sodden EJ getting a meal, yes. For what it means for the eggs, not so much. He incubated for over 2 hours while EJ was away, before he got spooked by something and left the nest, but then he returned. GJ did not bring another meal the rest of the day, so...will he return today with a fish for EJ? Stay tuned, because with ospreys, you just never can tell.
There were two intruders that EJ chased off (no GJ seen) one looked unringed and the next had a Blue Darvic and landed on the nest. ~Moffer's pic Moffer reported that Alison at the VC posted news of the unringed intruder with pics.
Here she is for the record, much as she has been in the past weeknights, except with something in her stomach.© 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!
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Morning Mike, Limpy and Moffer and others who join in the osprey watch.
A lovely start to the day, CC, thank you. Good luck with your techie issues Scylla. I like 'Odinward' and will use to when EJ is looking towards tree cam!
Great to see EJ standing on the rim having a good preen at the moment, spreading the oils over her feathers and trying to maintain them as best she can.
Each one getting fastidious care
I am sure this must be the longest preening session I've seen her do for ages. Good to see her looking after herself.
I also heard a 'cuckcuckcuckoo' call around 10.10 morning! It seems to have gone quiet for now.
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She is really posing beautifully for us this morning.
10.45 toiletries complete for now, EJ steps back into the cup, paddles beneath her and sits down, looking Odinward!!
EJ is up, and calling, standing with her back to us. Quiet now, looking around, scratches her head and a feather flies. Calling again.
Another call, and another scratch...and checking her chest feathers. A stretch of her left wing, and back to attending to her front feathers, working down to her right talon. Not sure what getting close attention now!
Morning Sheila