In reply to Catlady:
Lynn L said: I do agree, the cameras have been playing up
Thing is, Catlady, there is only one cam, as per last year, when they decided not to use the PTZ in case movement might disturb our supposedly nervous couple (we never knew what drove them away in 2021)...
And for the same reason we've had no IR on the nestcam, therefore the nights are black.
Surely there's no need for that for a second season? Plus, I don't remember a year when the nest hasn't been "refurbished" to greet the birds.
In 2 days' time it will be EJ's earliest return date.
IMAGICAT
In reply to scylla:
Trevor, I think that is where the old nest was, but I may also be wrong
I hope they are going to sort out and prepare the nest for our arriving pair again
There was such excitement last year when Axel and the now Asha claimed this nest and raised 2 young, they sadly lost one. We had no night camera, and if I remember viewing was intermittent. This beig such an iconic nest and after all the sadness with our beloved birds being lost as well as all the tragities here, we should be welcoming them back to a lovely cleaned up nest. Time and effort went into erecting the new nest last hear, which amazingly was used, you would think they would want to help them by getting it it ready. Maybe plans are in place to do this, hopefully we will get some post or blog with an update, to let us know what is happening.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
But what an amazing view this morning.. the only thing missing to make this better is an osprey (or 2) on the nest
In reply to Trevor:
trevor l said:Scylla i do believe there is a 2nd cam that we aren't told about ? As it gets dark you can see the IR light top one on tower is the cam'
Sorry, Trevor, I should have said "there ia only one cam in use". So last season, when the nestcam was pooped blind, we didn't have the alternative PTZ that could have zoomed us a clear view - and it looks as tho we won't this season either, as it must be too late to disturb the area now ???
Just a single Great Tit spotted this morning up to a bit after noon, it had a good potter/perch:
Greetings for the new season to everyone and the head of Mission Control, who I see has already been busy. I’ve checked around the different threads to catch up. Is it true there is no longer a link to “the latest post” and that we have to get there through the opening page? (Don’t mean to start off with a gripe, but it’s me…)
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
In reply to CC:
CC said:Greetings
I have no words so my unspeaking must make my excuses - it's absolutely wonderful to see you back { { { CC } } }
Click on the 3 dots to go to the last post in the thread - if it's hours since the last post it'll say (eg) 3 hours ago and you click on that
Oh cr*p! The problem is I’m on my iPad! It doesn’t seem to have the same interface as my laptop. Thank you, I feel like a dufus now. I’ll try to do most of my browsing in the laptop then.
Other than that, how BEAUTIFUL it is to “see” you Scylla, and see the community coming back for another season’s ride! Happy Spring everyone!
I've just had a look in Firefox browser on my Android phablet - and the interface is the same as laptop. (But it has to be a dire emergency for me to use it, as I am utterly incompetent on smart things.)
Last night I wrote to LG VC asking about the cams and nest... but it came back to me saying that the address abernethy@rspb.org.uk doesn't exist. I thought that that was the address seen under Fergus's msg somewhere but can't find it to check. The one I know is right is for Jess, but she's got more than one role now so I wouldn't bother her directly.
EDIT
I've just remembered (I think)... the address was in a reply from Fergus to one of us protesting against the change of Mistle's name, and the recipient posted it here for us to see - I'll never find it now.