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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That was the last time on cam. He could well be near, but we don't know.
EJ isn't asking for fish or alarm calling but watching intently. Something is going on.
She was lending support with contact calls when she flew.
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Unknown said:telephony signals.
When was Odin last seen? Has he been back anymore?
Unknown said: Maybe one day soon we may see them nest again at Loch AnEilein
Maybe one day soon we may see them nest again at Loch AnEilein
I have often thought how wonderful it would be to have the ospreys back there too, Lmac. Especially after reading Philip Brown's Scottish Ospreys book and its tales of swimming across it in freezing weather to steal the eggs of the last remaining breeding pairs ... A new breeding pair building a nest there would be so iconic..
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Unknown said:Maybe one day soon we may see them nest again at Loch AnEilein
CRinger 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.
[/quote]So, in relation to an Odin lookalike osprey (which we've now seen for two years at Loch Garten) it seems feasible that he could fish at a local loch and set off in the same direction as the real Odin would if he were to fish at that same loch?
SheilaFE said: Here's the proof that my heart's delight, my Precious boy is back:
Here's the proof that my heart's delight, my Precious boy is back:
Check the time on the capture I took from SCYLLA''s video LEANNE after that DAISY RAY saw hm briefly about an hour
or two ago
Oldshoremore said:telephony signals. I think you're lucky to get a signal at all there, Lmac - but it's one of the almost inevitable consequences, isn't it, of the centre being in such a beautiful but remote location. I actually find walking along that track very therapeutic, leaving the loch and being among the wonderful pines and other vegetation in the forest. [/quote]OSM my favourite time is being on that path on my own on the night shift. Often the deer are out, every year I have seen one with her babies, here is a snap while we wait of one at 0600am one morning last year.
telephony signals.
[/quote]OSM my favourite time is being on that path on my own on the night shift. Often the deer are out, every year I have seen one with her babies, here is a snap while we wait of one at 0600am one morning last year.
Whew. I don't know about LG, but little ol me, living within spitting distance of Cambridge has spent the last fifteen minutes trying to get back on the forum. Even VLC seems to be quicker. Nice to see EJ, but she is still looking very alert, looking hither and thither. I wonder what has caught her attention.
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