Re-posting 33's beautiful heli-dancing last year. This took place around midday on 31st March, and twelve hours later in the teeth of a vicious snowstorm, Maya laid her first egg.
In reply to Geemeff:
Geemeff said:Anticipating the imminent return of Maya and Blue 33, I posted a video a couple of days ago, from my trip there last March, and got this 'content review' message which I screenshot.
I haven't had that, Geemeff - but since I posted a video that YouTube had kindly edited some copyright out of (it was from the BBC airing of an Osprey feeding chick at the World Athletics championships in the USA), I have been unable to watch any of my own videos on this site, I get black screen with buffer circle - they're fine on YouTube. But I don't think that's related.
In view of KAREN's difficulties, and the fact that I feel sure that we do not have any mods whatsoever, I wonder if something was broken durng the first of the month whatever-it-is-they-do-that-freezes-everything-up procedure ???
EDIT - I've just wasted 10+ minutes trying to find them in your YT channel, my Firefox is too slow loading long lists of photos or vids.
IMAGICAT
In reply to scylla:
Wot !!! Scylla. There are no words
In reply to Freebird66:
Freebird66 said:Amazing reading the posts from previous years. I began my interest last year and it wasn't long before I was hooked on checking in daily to see what was happening on the nest, eventually visiting and seeing some fledgling flights of the chick's around the bay and falling under rhe spell of the legendary Maya and her mate. May their journey and story continue.
Hi Freebird66 - don't think I've seen you post before (apologies if you have) but welcome. We all fully understand it not being long before you were hooked - this is a great nest to watch and I understand Rutland a fantastic place to visit. Wont be long before another season gets underway and hopefully we see you posting here and around the forum :-)
In reply to Karen:
Karen W said:GEEMEFF: about the video - it isn't you but me and my posts that are being moderated for some reason. I did see your video when I was still setting up the thread and the mods removed the entire MB thread after I tried to edit the OP so anyone trying to access any info they had posted will of course get the moderators message. But thank you for posting again - most enjoyable.
Oh thanks Karen, glad to get an explanation. Sorry about the hassles you’re having.
I found Blue 33’s behaviour quite extraordinary, as if he were skydancing in closeup. I didn’t edit his actions other than to top and tail the dancing clip, and slow it down. The sequence is exactly as it happened. Shallow Water hide doesn’t have the livestream and helpful volunteer that Waderscrape hide has, but it’s worth the extra walk for the close up view of the nest, with Burghley House in the background.
Regards
Kathy and Dave