Well May has arrived and it is the month that we expect to see see osprey chicks.
At Loch Garten it has been unusually routine. Just nest building, mating, egg laying and incubating. Very unusual for Loch Garten where there is usually one drama or other.
This year we were able to see Blue XD on his migration but he was hopelessly outpaced by Odin this year and he was also closely followed by his wife Green J.
I am led to believe that there is a male at Twin Cities Metro who has two nests. I wonder how he will get on.
As thought likely 5R at Rutland did not return. There is sadness that such a wonderful osprey will no longer be with us. I will never forget how he was the first osprey hatched in England to return for 150 years. I personally followed his hatching and growing up too
Still 5R was the only major casualty of the migration so it has been an excellent season so far.
Lady got on with laying eggs and preparing for a new lot of chicks.
At Dyfi there was huge drama. A new young female called Blue 24 (an osprey hatched at site O Rutland in 2010) arrived and took possession of the nest. She was later joined by Dai Dot a known male and they proceeded to set up nest together.
Then on 9th April Monty turned up and evicted Dai Dot and got friendly with Blue 24. On 10th April Glesni turned up and initially failed in her attempts to evict Blue 24. It took five days for Glesni to evict Blue 24 and harmony to be restored on the Dyfi nest.
At Manton Bay 5R is being sorely missed. The female now named Maya paired up with 28 (10) a male hatched at site B. A clutch of eggs was laid but a male osprey called 33 (11) turned up and created mayhem causing the nest to be lost and 28 (10) apparently driven off. What will happen now is anyone's guess.
Everywhere else appears to be quiet.
Blue YD caused great excitement by starting his journey north. how long will he take. We should know his latest position later today.
So May should bring lots of excitement.
Oh and imagicat our osprey data site has had a makeover so that it should work better on tablets and smart phones
Tiger Signature
Do the ospreys know they have to stick to your formula?
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
It will be interesting to see if this works at LG.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
It looks like Chick#1 is already wrecking it by hatching on 36 days instead of 37!
Chocoholix shiny new 2018 Interactive Osprey & Chick Chart! (with clickable links!)
chocoholix said: It looks like Chick#1 is already wrecking it by hatching on 36 days instead of 37!
Yes but that is EJ. She usually hatches on 36 days but she is already into her 37th day. See egg stats and clocks
The clock says 36 days and 4 hours. So yes, I guess technically that means we are now into the 37th day, but do we count it as 37 until the full day is reached? (in the same way we count our own birthdays?)
chocoholix said: The clock says 36 days and 4 hours. So yes, I guess technically that means we are now into the 37th day, but do we count it as 37 until the full day is reached? (in the same way we count our own birthdays?)
I suppose the reality it becomes 37 at midnight.
I would go with 37
EDIT sorry, really meant to say 36
The way I look at it, midnight had not yet struck and it was still 17 May when it hatched (just!), at around 36 days and 5 hours or so.
Now on 17 May 2014, I was exactly 48 years and 9 months, and I would definitely NOT say I'm 49 yet!
Sorry, correction to the above choco. I REALLY meant to say 36
(I did the same sort of thing earlier today - my head is in the shed this morning :) ) Trying to do too much at once is not always a good thing :)
chocoholix said: The way I look at it, midnight had not yet struck and it was still 17 May when it hatched (just!), at around 36 days and 5 hours or so. Now on 17 May 2014, I was exactly 48 years and 9 months, and I would definitely NOT say I'm 49 yet!
Say an egg was laid at 1 minute to midnight. Loch Garten count that as day 1. Now I do not go along with that but that is how they do it.