Sometimes when bad things happen it feels that life will never be the same again. Well very often that is not only not the case but good things come out it. After the sad loss of the eggs just over a month ago it seemed as if a gaping hole lay ahead. Well Loch Garten have responded magnificently and now users are experiencing a whole new view.
I say new but at the same time not really. Back in July 2009 at around the time this forum was created the camera on the Loch Garten nest broke down. Then the wide angle cam was used for the rest of the season. It was much loved and requested again but until 2015 we have not seen it again. Mind you the camera now is much better quality than the cam in 2009.
As some of you will know Hellgate Canyon had a disaster with their eggs in a hail storm and they are having to resort to similar things to keep the viewers occupied.
Writing in a recent post Erick Greene pointed out that to lose an adult is ten times as bad as to lose a clutch of eggs. To think that one point it seemed as if not only had Loch Garten lost a clutch of eggs but Odin too.
Now people are enjoying seeing Odin and EJ have some quality time together. Interestingly EJ has not has not gone on holiday like green J at that other nest.
There have been fallow years at Loch Garten before, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007. At the end of the day Odin an EJ have only got to get two chicks back to replace themselves. Last I heard one of those was crossing the border into France heading north with only 1,000 miles to go before arriving back at Loch Garten to take his dad to task for leaving alone for two days in 2013 and forcing him to fly south.
We are now about half way through the osprey season. It seems to go forever faster.
One lovely picture from 2009 of Garten. I wonder if she is out there somewhere?
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It's very windy at LG this morning. The stream is buffering a lot. EJ is hanging on to that branch, still eating. It must have been a fair size fish. She's had it since 5.40.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Cleaned her beak, looked around and flown
Sounds like she's on the nest now.....and calling
She has flown.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
She's still on the nest softly calling. Cam is still on the branch
EJ is still on the nest calling. Cam hasn't moved there yet.
It's a very nice branch, but I'd rather see EJ who is still calling to Odin from the nest.
Cam is moving....... stopped.
EJ is still calling
That's better. EJ
Tiger thank you. Fantastic start to the thread. I remember watching my all time favourite chick Mallachie in the camera tree eating her fish. The views were spectacular and after that I was hooked even although I had visited the VC for many years every year whilst holidaying with grandparents in the Boat and had little interest in the Ospreys. Amazing what one little bird and great camera work can do. Jen and team are magnificent.