Continued from Osprey Chat Thread September 2013
At the beginning of September I said that the osprey season should have been all over but it wasn't. Well it is now. Yes the two very late osprey chicks at Dyfi viz. Clarach and Cerist finally migrated on 18th and 20th September respectively. They were incredibly well fed chicks and are now presumably well on their way to Africa. Hopefully they will return to Britain in 2015 but since they are not tracked it will be a very long and anxious wait.
Meanwhile the latest European trans location project to Basque country began to report in earnest. Five of the birds are tracked and four of them are slogging their way through the Sahara as I write. For details see here
The 2013 osprey has been the most exciting for me ever and I have now seen 15 osprey seasons. Maybe it is because more and more people are taking an interest and doing their own little pieces. Surely this can only bee good for ospreys and their well being. So all that remains is for us to follow the tracked birds to their destinations and then begin the long wait until it all begins again in March 2014.
Let us hope we all be ready for an exciting 2014
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TIGER - Thanks for the new thread and a very pleasing summary to start the thread.
I have to agree also in all of the seasons I have watched Ospreys this has been the most exciting of all both for the ospreys watched in the public eye and also for a very personal story of a rescued osprey I was involved with. I wonder if we will be saying the same at the end of 2014 or is this just one of these years that comes around - already we look forward to landmarks that may occur next season.
Well we can follow the birds through winter our own UK and those that have been translocated to Spain but with a UK interest and so far so good on their journey.
Thanks TIGER a great summary for October.
Thanks, Tiger, for keeping us going with these threads - I often 'lurk' and do not post but I do read a lot of them. They are a useful bit of information/communication for us all.
Was fascinated this season to see how well the Dyfi nest did, seeing as it started so late in the season, and what joy to see that there was a very happy outcome of two successful fledges. Hoping that they will be spotted back in the UK some time in the future, not easy as you say, as they were not tracked.
Thank you for summing up the season and starting the off-season, TIGER :-)
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Well, I couldn't post this post this morning but finally I'm able to access the Forums again, so :
What a super Blog / summary for September and opening for this month. Thank you TIGER
KEITH - I'd appreciate a little more info on your Osprey rescue if you are able to give it and this thread seems appropriate for it. If security or some such does not allow for that I understand.
Agree with you about the Dyfi nest LINDY and a marvelous rescue there!
Hi, all. I hope it's okay to post this inquiry on this thread.
As most of you are aware, the U.S. federal government shut down on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. -- except for the most essential services -- due to the failure of the Congress to reach agreement on the budget for funding the government.
The shutdown has suspended the activities of NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Only critical, essential missions are continuing.
It's my understanding that the Loch Garten tracking data is transmitted from the ARGOS satellite system.The ARGOS system is a partnership of NOAA, NASA, and CNES (the French Space Agency).
It's unclear to me whether these agencies can continue to collect the transmitted wildlife tracking data and re-transmit it to ARGOS centers worldwide for processing (even if these portions of the satellite system remain operational).
I don't pretend to know a lot about wildlife tracking technology. Perhaps Alan Petrie, Tiger, Chloe, or someone knows more about the impact of this current situation. I thought I would bring the question to your attention. The shutdown will have dire consequences for U.S. wildlife if it continues. Federal wildlife protection, conservation, and enforcement programs have now been halted. All national wildlife refuges have been closed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been furloughed. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) has been shuttered, so monitoring, protection, and enforcement of environmental standards has also been severely curtailed.
Thank you Diane. That is fascinating but worrying. I do hope it does not mean that we lose contact with all our birds.
As far as I am aware the Argos system based in Toulouse uses European Met op satellites so I am not sure if they also are linked to the NASA ones. We will have to wait and see.
Many thanks TIGER for the excellent start to the October thread. I have really enjoyed being a part of it all and joining the various threads and blogs. So much excitement on hearing of returning birds, with Cally doing doing so well in Spain (long may it last) and this year's two making such an excellent start.
Thank you too to Keith for your informative contributions, and to Diane for her alerts to all things happening in the heavens!
So we sit glued now to GE and await the return of the osprey in 2014.
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention Diane. Very worrying indeed for all sorts of reasons. I have no idea what is linked to what so, as Alan quite rightly says, we will simply have to wait and see. Terrible times.
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It is frightening. See US debt Clock.