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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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.
[/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?
Entirely possible. The LG nest is roughly NE of e.g. the fish farm at Rothiemurchus, If a bird set off anywhere from East through to North West it is doubtful they would be heading to the LG nest. Henry in particular, and indeed Ollie before him, always took the same path NE when I studied them.
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.
Unknown said: I remember a night on shift last year... Sleep was allowed and at about 4.30 we were woken by an enormous noise. Sounded like a distressed dog. Oh no it was a Roe buck roaring in front of the hide ... Amazing!!
I remember a night on shift last year...
Sleep was allowed and at about 4.30 we were woken by an enormous noise. Sounded like a distressed dog. Oh no it was a Roe buck roaring in front of the hide ...
Amazing!!
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