Osprey Chat Thread for May 2015

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  • So the whole atmosphere has changed. I guess that clock watching is the order of the day.

    How long before EJ has to decide to go fishing? 

  • How many days did 03's mate go without fish?

  • I am wondering about these intruders .....

    Do they only try to take over a nest/mate (regardless of eggs) when there is still time for them to breed and raise chicks?

    I am wondering this because if there are chicks present, would an intruder still attempt a takeover?  

  • Karen W said:

    I am wondering about these intruders .....

    Do they only try to take over a nest/mate (regardless of eggs) when there is still time for them to breed and raise chicks?

    I am wondering this because if there are chicks present, would an intruder still attempt a takeover?  

    Intruding goes on after chicks hatch.  Blue 12 scared the life out of poor Ceulan in 2012. 

  • Thanks Tiger.  Bad enough with eggs, but chicks ....  doesn't bear thinking about.  

  • Karen W said:

    Thanks Tiger.  Bad enough with eggs, but chicks.  Doesn't bear thinking about.  

    The problem is that ospreys do not think like humans. They want a good nest, a partner and they want it NOW

  • So will the intruding male kick the egg out of the nest?

    Well maybe not. It is probably too late in the season to go for a second clutch so maybe the new male might setttle for being a surrogate father.

    There is a precedent. S18 and Green J in 2001.

  • I thought I remembered reading about this happening.  It's still only a remote possibility, though, isn't it?

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • Clare Bailey said:

    I thought I remembered reading about this happening.  It's still only a remote possibility, though, isn't it?

    I know she was a peregrine but S2 settled for being a surrogate mum at  De Mortel in 2007.

    We just do not know. 

  • There was a case of a peregrine raising a brood of three herring gulls on the south coast last year.  You never know what happens next with nature.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

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