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Daily Update ~ Loch Garten Nest ~ Sunday, 10 May 2015

Tiger
10/05/2015 07:24

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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  • 11/05/2015 04:04 in reply to Daisy Ray

    Long time no see DAISY RAY and many thanks

  • 11/05/2015 04:04 in reply to CC

    Here someone comes - a chirp and a squeal!

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  • 11/05/2015 04:05 in reply to CC

    well......you know what I mean!  LOL

  • 11/05/2015 04:06 in reply to CRinger

    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 too have many questions about the reports of Odin fishing there. A number of male ospreys look alike (as witnessed at Loch Garten this week) and there is also the fact that most reports are in retrospect. Loch Vaa is a far more likely fishing spot for Odin - and the Spey.

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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' ?

  • 11/05/2015 04:06 in reply to CC

    Posted by Cirrus on 10 May 2015 8:04 PM

    Long time no see DAISY RAY and many thanks

    Hi Cirrus.  I'll PM you about all that's happened in the interim since I last posted.

  • 11/05/2015 04:09 in reply to Daisy Ray

    Unknown said:

    Cirrus would know!!

    But I   was busy writing to PAM at the time DAISY and so was not looking at the nest   :(     :(

  • 11/05/2015 04:11 in reply to Cirrus

    EJ is looking very alert at the moment.  Something happening off cam?

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  • 11/05/2015 04:12 in reply to Cirrus

    Her neck is up and down like a periscope at the moment.  Presumably somebody/somebodies are flying around in her view

  • 11/05/2015 04:12 in reply to Lmac

    I would think Odin and OC flying around battling it out