I have just had a look at Sanibel cam and I see an Osprey has arrived. No idea who it is - is it Ripply from last year or a new bird. I remember last year finding a facebook/blog page about this nest but for the life of me can't remember what it was so can't compare images from last season, so if anyone else can remember......
CONNIE I have only just found your message about the Aberfoyle juvenile Thank you so much.
KEITH Your pictures from Lochter are marvellous....flying with such confidence......never ceases to amaze me that these magnificent and inspiring birds come from sweet little bobbleheads
Both Aberfoyle Chicks have now fledged and both named.
Murrin (Female) and previously the male Lonaig who fledged a few days back.
Both are abbreviated names of Islands in Loch Lomond.
Female chick from Tweed Valley backup nest fitted with a transmitter.
Thank you both KEITH and ALAN
Now that we have the pair identified at the new back up nest at TV do we know where they came from? Male = Yellow 8C and female = Green N0?
One chick at Woods Hole has fledged. Bet they will not be keen to return.
Tiger Signature
No I bet they won't Tiger.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Great news, thanks Tiger - poor little things. They will very quickly master the art of flying with fish as well I suspect. I wonder if female just does not have the mothering/breeding instinct. Seems to see the chicks as competition for food - maybe it happened to her in her nest as a youngster?
patily
'Now that we have the pair identified at the new back up nest at TV do we know where they came from? Male = Yellow 8C and female = Green N0?'
I found this further down the Tweed valley blog
'We now have confirmation about the leg ring on the male bird and have discovered that yellow 8C is a bird which fledged from our number 1 ‘back up nest’ in 2004, in the Tweed Valley Project Area.
This is great news to know that birds born in the Scottish Borders are returning to breed in the area, and another proven success for the Tweed Valley Osprey Project.
We are still waiting to hear where the green ringed partner of yellow 8C has come from. We believe that the green rings date from the year 2005, but records so far reveal that she is not a Borderer! Maybe she is a Highlander, an English or Welsh bird. It will be interesting to find out and also it’s a good thing to strengthen the gene pool, to have local birds breeding with birds from outside the area too.'
The ring appears to be on the left leg so she should be from North of the border.
Hilary J
Thanks for that HILARY