Well not unexpectedly the season came to an end on Saturday morning when the intruding male broke the final egg.
As EJ is still in brooding mode she is still spending a lot of time on the nest brooding non existent eggs.
It now remains to be seen what will happen next. A variety of things could happen but as always with ospreys they will usually surprise us.
I guess the only way to find out is to keep watching.
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Maybe when and if Odin wins the day the VC will be blessed with an arial fly together from them both - hopefully EJ is off practising her moves
She's back. Something is going on off cam.
Beautiful light.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
shes back
I think this is where we should all win the lottery, so we can afford to pay a full time cameraman, ensconced in a hide built on top of the VC, with a top quality telephoto lens, so he can record (and transmit) what's going on in the air, so that we can all SEE what's happening off the nest (pie in the sky, or what....).
Or just finance more broadband width..possible but costly.
On my wish list OSM
Nice idea Oldshoremore. As my VLC keeps freezing! May I ask when OC was last seen?
deveronside said: I trust the guys and girls at LG.. not sure of Aviemore Ospreys timings of fishing back to nest. FB followers have often questioned them.
I trust the guys and girls at LG..
not sure of Aviemore Ospreys timings of fishing back to nest.
FB followers have often questioned them.
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There is one helpful, but not infallible aid to determining the identity of the successful 'fisher', or perhaps to rule out certain males would be better. The male, having caught a fish, and then done his dog roll to shake off excess water, invariably sets off on a direct course to his nest. Anyone seeing an osprey fish successfully, if armed with a map and compass, should be able to work out the direction of the nest from the fishing grounds. It works.
[/quote]Thank you, CRinger. What is the case when they don't have a nest - that is an "intruder" or osprey with 'no fixed abode' ?
There is some evidence that these intruders then 'do the rounds' of local nests, attempting to harry weaker birds off the nests. I am sure they are well aware of the locations of most of the nests in Strathspey. In 2004 when EJ was dive-bombed virtually every morning at dawn by another female there was some evidence that the intruder then tried the same tactic at other local nests. I see no reason why this should not also apply to males.
Some people think Ospreys are a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
I have to stand at a jaunty angle with my phone at the dragonfly pond part way up the path to get a reception at LG Wendy. They really do suffer with broadband/internet/telephony signals.
Unknown said:Or just finance more broadband width..possible but costly.