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......
News from Bassenthwaite. Blue 9A(14) fledged on 4 August, and his first flight left him grounded. A local farmer took him in overnight and a vet has subsequently seen the fledgling. He has clearly been weakened by the virus he had as a young chick. Report here.
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Thank you for that update Sheila. I hope time is all he needs and that he can eventually be rehabilitated back to the wild.
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So do I Starling, but from what I have read (and I'm no expert LOL) osps in captivity do not do well in this country. It sounds as though he will not be fit enough to migrate this year. Fingers cross for the wee fledgling. He has fought well so far with the help of his parents.
Thank you Sheila. I hope they keep us updated as to his progress. He won't be migrating this year and hard to tell what the future has in store for him.
Hi, Been to Bassenthwaite today, and to Dodd view point.Nice day for it, sunny but not too hot!
The news of 9A was not on the website when I set off, as I had checked, though I see it is there now, and so I was told of it by a volunteer. He has been sent to a vet then to a specialist place in Scotland to be looked after, but not sure what his prospects are, really. Poor thing he had a bad start with the infection, and was always behind in development.
8A is doing fine though, and I saw two ospreys at once, but there are still three around. One, probably the male, sat on the post in front of the view point, had a fly around, and a fishing attempt, two dives, but no catch, so he then flew off to the North end.
Many thanks for the on-the-spot report ChrisyB. I think it is so sad after all he had been thru. Am I right in thinking there were only two chicks - Blue 9A(14) and Blue 9B(14), both males?
Sheila I think there were 3 chicks didn't one die of the same illness as 9A?
Hi, Yes there were originally 3 chicks, and one died at c. 3 weeks old, with another being ill, but which then recovered, now 9A. This one was always well behind the the one that was not ill, and last week when wingercising really did not look too strong. Therefore he did not have a tracker fitted, though they were ready to do the two of them.
Thanks ChrisyB, it's been a difficult time at some nests this year. I hope 9A will eventually be strong enough to be released to the wild.
Yes, Alan, that would be good. Fingers crossed.
As someone there said, and I think has been said somewhere on here, these things must happen all the time in the nests, but we only know about it now because of our cameras and trackers.