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
Tiger Signature
These east coast ospreys seem to like hitching lifts on ships. Here was Chip last year.
As you can see it did not end well.
The transmitter is still working. See juveniles 2013
Notice the little calendar at the top where you can see where the birds are each day.
latest map for Capt. Liz
A tale of three ospreys. One reaches South America (Rice), one still in Florida (Thurston) and one presumed dead (Jett) See here
There is much speculation on FB about the fate or otherwise of Cap'n Liz, one of Rob Bierregard's tagged birds (from Martha's Vinyard) and a really interesting link was posted. I zoomed in on Guinea/Senegal and found this There is also information on Osprey Bierregaard North and South America and Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Yes we were hoping for another update on Cap'n Liz today, though it has gone rather quiet on the subject.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Thanks, Sheila. Doesn't work brilliantly in Safari, but I will try & remember to look properly next time I'm on the PC. I assume this is the Andalucia project rather than the current one, though?
Yes, Rachel. Not much info, but it's nice to see Roberto's name mentioned!
Some new tracked ospreys from south east Michigan. See tracked ospreys from south east Michigan .
Intersting TIGER Independence is certainly living up to his name.....already in S America