And so we begin another month. Osprey season is in full swing, with lots of action everywhere. ENJOY!
KEITH, I hope you can comment soon. I need your calm cool scientific attitude.
STARLING, thank you very much for your update and especially for your efforts in posting the picture.
I had read the Blog and was reacting to that (with ttears of course) and likely would have missed the update had you not informed us.
It was not supposed to end like this! But then as Keith will tell us, this is OSPREY WORLD not a Harlequin Romance, where a Harlequin girl always gets her man and there is always a happy ending. But we have seen TOO MANY TRAGIC ENDINGS at the LG nest.
JUNE - Most Ospreys have tragic endings even before they reach adulthood.
Eventually this nest will settle down whether that be with EJ or No EJ and whether that be with a new male whoever that may be. It has a good postal address for it not to be occupied.
It may be that a victorious male will claim the nest as his own and settle this season with EJ ready for next season or even produce an offspring this year.
Now EJ is no spring chicken and even if she does bond with a new male this season there is no gaurantee she will return another.
As for the remaining egg - I can not see that remaining long if it is at present still viable.
At an opportunity it will be dealt with like the others.
This happens all the time at nests all over Scotland.
Yes - I agree with your post It is not a Princess Fairy Tale where every one lives happily ever after. These as I said before are vicious raptors.
Off to Wales on business tomorrow and will visit a stable nest on Sunday at Dyfi and maybe a look in at another nest not far away.
Posted by
Keith Rogers
on 8 May 2015 6:48 PM
JUNE - Most Ospreys have tragic endings even before they reach adulthood. (We know that only too well. We learned the hard way at LG - one precious chick at a time).
Eventually this nest will settle down whether that be with EJ or No EJ and whether that be with a new male whoever that may be. It has a good postal address for it not to be occupied. (Very true, I'm sure)
Now EJ is no spring chicken and even if she does bond with a new male this season there is no gaurantee she will return another. (Without Odin, to make up a couple, I'm thinking now that I can part more easily with EJ when the time comes, ))
As for the remaining egg - I can not see that remaining long if it is at present still viable. (Yes, I'm sure the third egg is doomed. Richard said they don't count chicks before they are hatched, anyway. But I'm afraid I do. That third egg, as well as the other two, is EJ & Odin's family for this summer.)
(Thanks for your post and reassuring words, Keith. Godspeed on your journey. Enjoy your visit to Dyfi. As I said earlier we hope to hear of your adventures and see some lovely photos at your earliest convenience.)
Not on here often, but felt this was the place to express my feelings about the loss of Odin. I have followed the lives of Ospreys at Loch Garten since 1994. It was Olive and Henry, then Odin and Ej. Visited the centre at least six times every year. Never been as gutted as I am today, although I have witnessed some terrible moments in these wonderful birds lives. Tomorrow I am travelling 180 moles to visit the centre, probably for the last time. Following the lives of these birds is too heart wrenching. One consolation is knowing Odin perished in our country. Fly free Odin.....
Dido, Thank you so much for posting here and sharing your feelings with us.
As I said several posts back, I would very much like to be at Loch Garten now, But I'd have to travel many more than 180 miles to get here.
You have been watching much longer than I. It was EJ and Orange VS when I found the nest in 2008, Then EJ & Odin the Magnificent ever since. I am devastated. Can we cry on one another's shoulders and offer sympathy.
Of course we can June. Not looking forward to my visit tomorrow but just feel I need to be there to give me closure. A few Christmases ago, Jag gave me a framed pic of EJ, Odin and their three chicks on the nest at Loch Garten. I am sitting looking at it now and it is giving me great comfort. Odin and other Ospreys may be gone, but memories will never be erased....
Dido said " but memories will never be erased...."
Very true, Dido. My computer area too is adorned with osprey photos. One each of Odin and EJ given to me by Keith (Thanks Keith)and others captured from the computer.
Many tears I have shed over that nest, but it has given me many happy memories too - many chuckles, many moments of breath holding, many moments of relief and triumph, too. And some good friends.
Like you June I have shed many tears over these wonderful birds. Was at Loch Garten when Callie fledged, tears then, and more tears when she perished. Last year going home from work I was fortunate enough to see Seasca when she started her migration, she rested in my area. Three days later she perished in the Bay of Biscay, only a few days after leaving Loch Garten. Not sure yet whether I will keep following the lives of Ospreys. At the moment am too upset, but hopefully time will make me feel different...
For the first time I can understand that feeling. But I don't think I will give up entirely, depending on what happens at LG.
Now I'll have to find out what happens next.
My love has always been the LG nest and it is not in my nature to switch allegences easily.