Today is a very, very sad First Anniversary:
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Odin's replacement continues to give cause for concern - however he did bring EJ a respectable half-fish yesterday, which she, for reasons known only to herself (but she couldn't have been starving exactly), declined. If GJ is trying to pull his socks up, this must have been discouraging.
He paid a short visit later, intending to incubate, but EJ returned and put paid to that idea (Birdie's video), and then he landed on EJ's back (another Birdie vid).
Later, he appeared again, seemingly suspicious that "his" nest was under threat, but nothing came of it.
As for EJ, she was on and off the nest quite a bit, plus she did some defending sitting down (Moffer's snap) - no intruders were seen.
The consensus seems to be that we would rather these eggs do not hatch, as GJ has been so inconsistent.
IMAGICAT
moffer said:For Scylla's attention.
You've got my attention, Moffer, but I'm not hopeful, have had so many blue Carnyx screens and freezes without blue screens :( Off I go... ;)
EDIT - If I'd known in time, I could have recorded it from the YT playback - but I wouldn't have noticed a PM from you (or anyone) as my main email has been dead since this morning, they're "working on it", don't hold breath if history is anything to go by.
Well I'm off. Good night all.
Sorry I'm so late, Moffer - very out of sorts today.
I've got it, the wind noise is terrible, am working on that.
The snatch of skydancing reported by Alison via Moffer ;)
EJ still has feather on her beak - probably stuck with fish-paste ;)
NIGHTCAM 22:42hr:
As usual, she heard the click:
One bright turn of events here - my browser updated itself and is no longer not-responding every few minutes :)
Such a sad day remembering dear Odin. Thank you Scylla for the lovely pic of him. Thank you too Moffer for your diligent reporting. Now we are left with a mystery. Who was skydancing? How lovely to hear that sound, thank you Scylla!
Nightcam has kicked in and EJ is sitting on her eggs.
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SheilaFE said:...EJ is sitting on her eggs.
Hi Sheila, sorry we didn't see more of you today :)
EJ has been up for a quick poop, no flap!
As she was settling it seemed that someone/thing caught her split-second attention out there.
She awoke for a little while - maybe the spider disturbed her but it's only showing fleeting fuzzy feetz.
Bottom left:
And...
Am out of here for the sake of kitchen chores.
Thank you all, once again, for all updates. Glad to see she has eaten even if it is a fish caught by herself. Lovely pics and vids.
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