Still awake here, so thought I'd watch the nest a bit longer!
EJ doing lots of egg turning at the moment, she seems to get up every 5 or 10 mins tonight.
"Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not too sure about the universe..." - Albert Einstein
Good afternoon all, very late here today. Thought I was going for a quick trip into town but it turned out to be much longer than I had hoped. Stuck in traffic for no apparent reason, waiting ages to be served in shops and then finding I couldn't get any suet pellets and had to get of the bus on the way home and get some from a rather expensive pet shop. To top it all had trouble getting into PC.
Thanks to Annette for the commentary and pic. Ditto Cirrus and I had to smile about the slippery slope which just about sums it up for me. Thanks to Sheila FE for fish report and DjoanS the pic of our wonderful Odin.
Have to agree it does look chilly at LG but EJ sitting tight on the nest for now keeping those eggs warm.
Margobird
Must have been an intruder as Odin left the eggs and flapped vigourously at the side of the nest. Not long after that EJ arrived and took over incubating.
Glad to see Odin has brought a fish in today. Was it a large one? What species?
EJ is sitting tight on the nest at the moment.
Cirrus: I posted some info about viewing the webcam in standalone media players, which you might find useful, here: http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/groups/lochgartenospreys/forum/t/44126.aspx
Are you having trouble taking the snapshots, or inserting them into these messages afterwards?
Judging by the way E's beak is going, she's soliciting for her afternoon fish!
Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!
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I'm not sure whether Odin is on Intruder Alert, but he returned to the nest where EJ was incubating. He stood around on the edge near the camera (head irritatingly off camera!) and after a good minute or two he flew off to the back of the nest. EJ isn't bothered. It looks a bit breezy, but dry.
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Thank you RtheB- I'm winding down to my hol now (next week) so I've copied your info to my ''useful info'' folder to re-digest if I need to on my return . Emergency dental appointments.- lawn mowing - and much etc s are takinig up my time this week - hair cut tomorrw and so on. But I'm grateful to you for info and link.
Late coming on as was out most of the day and felt exhausted when arrived home so just had a nap. Now feeling more awake.
See that Odin is egg sitting so presumably a fish duly arrived and EJ has gone off to eat it.a bit of egg manouvering!
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
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Lindybird said: Don't worry Cirrus - I'm just unable to get to grips with copying from the live webcam. Thanks anyway!
Don't worry Cirrus - I'm just unable to get to grips with copying from the live webcam. Thanks anyway!
Lindybird have you tried Debut Video Capture programme, its so easy to use?
Sorry, got it wrong it is EJ on the eggs - it was showing bad hair day earlier and I mistook for Odin
Thank you DJoan and Lynette - lovely captures to keep me up to date. Not as sunny at LG at the moment
More egg manoeuvring Lynette :)