THE LG OSPREY GABFEST FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 2015

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Hi Keith.   I wondered about Monty being the father of Blue24's egg but also could it have equally been the Snowdonia nest or DaiDot.   I notice Friends of the Osprey are not saying.

Hi Lmac - They were making reference to Blue 24 on a nest in Mid Wales. She mated with a male from a nest nearby. We know she mated with Monty just before Glesni came back and probably would have settled with Monty if Glesni had not returned. Dont think he is too fussed as long as he can raise a family. He lets them battle it out.

Friends have nests errected close to both Dai Dot nest on the reservoir and also close proximity to Dyfi nest so i guess it was reference to one of these. They often refer to the other two nests in North Wales or Snowdonia. My own instinct was Monty on the Dyfi Nest.

However Tiger has said authorities in the know categorically say this information is not true - I am assuming this has come from Emyr or DOP. I have written to Friends of the Ospreys.

This was an interesting article this week on BBC Earth

THE BIRDS THAT FEAR DEATH

I have three types of crows that mob my garden including the Magpie. Now I know why - they recognise me as a friendly face putting out feedings for the songbirds that they steal.

Now I will get my Halloween mask early and go out in the garden with a dead crow in one hand and a dead magpie in the other (Maybe you can get immitation ones in the Haloween Shop) and hope they will now think I am a bad cop and go away.

Interesting Reading and Thinking  - maybe this is why farmers hang them on their fences after they shoot them.

An update where all our tagged non breeding young birds are.

If I have missed one let me know and will update my list.

We know Blue YD is still around as was sighted in St Andrews Estuary adjacent to the Eden Golf Course.

No news of Rothiemurchus

I'll add the breeding adults later.

KIELDER BLUE 7H (2014)	Still very settled   near Azzemour in Morocco.
KIELDER BLUE UV (2014)	Northern Senegal on   the coastline area Langue de Barbarie
KIELDER BLUE VY (2015)	On the Cassamance   River – Southern Senegal
LAKE DISTRICT WHITE 14	Still heading South –   Reached Niger tribute in Mali
LAKE DISTRICT VO	Moving between   Northern and Southern borders of
HFW - CROMARTY	Around the wintering   areas of Senegalese Coast
LOTL FR3	Morocco near Rabat
LOTL FR4	On the Gambia River.

Hi Keith, very interesting article about the crows - kind of spooky so near to Halloween. Over here farmers used to put Scarecrows in gardens and especially cornfields to keep crows and other birds away. Any more they are usually just Halloween or Autumn decorations.  Maybe those old farmers knew their adversaries well and the scarecrows were more effective than we have come to believe.

Also thanks much for the table and info on tagged nonbreeding osprey.  I appreciate all the work that went into it.

Hello dear Gabbers,

it has been a while since I last joined you. But today I take the occasion and let you know I'm still alive.

Please believe me, I was also so very sad when I read that Breagha was presumed dead. Normally I don't believe in omens or signs, and of course I know that young Ospreys are always in danger, but sometimes the thought crosses my mind that the Loch-Garten-Nest might be cursed. On the other hand I'm still convinced that Druie is a tough little fellow and will make it. I'm sure he will return.

    Although I know it means not much to you, I'll tell you all the same: Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the German Reunification. There were celebrations everywhere. And as usual, I had to work last night. Can you imagine how many young people came as out-patients, who were intoxicated? I always wonder if a person really has to go to hospital after drinking too much. So they occupy the rooms and beds that should be needed for really sick people. I always thought, if I drank too much I had to suffer a bit, but that would serve me alright as a punishment. But I could do this at home. Or am I wrong with this thought?

   Well, however: The German Reunification is, in a certain way, a very important event for my own life. Without it, I would probably never have met the most wonderful man in the world. My boyfriend and I have just had our first anniversary. He is from Saxony. So if the German Democratic Republic still existed, he might not have been allowed to travel. So we would never have met on our trip to the USA three years ago, and we would not have met again and fallen in love last year. And now there is the next big step ahead: I've looked for a job in Saxony and Thuringia, and I found one. I had an interview and they want to have me. So I'll resign from my job at the end of the year. My new job starts at the beginnings of January. That I go away from here and leave everything behind for a complete new start makes my boyfriend love me even more. We are both so excited. I've never been away from home before, not even when I had my training for my job. So there are so many things to do now that I've never thought about (like telling the administration af my home-town that I'm leaving, telling the administration of my future home-town that I'm coming, telling my new address to my bank and my insurances and so on...I think you know all this). I just hope we don't get onto each other's nerves soon.... The appartmant is (at the moment) rather small. The neighbour's house has burnt down nearly two years ago, and so the entire house has suffered heavy damages because of water from extinguishing the fire, and from smoke. Not everything has been fixed yet, and there are still trouble with lawyers and insurances, so this might still take some time. So please keep your fingers crossed...

This is it for the moment. I'll try to stay in touch more frequently now.

Kind regards as always!

Thanks, Bente, for your news.  And congratulations to the reunified Germany on 25 years.  Also, best wishes for your new life with your boyfriend.  Is your new job in Saxony or Thuringia?  We had a lovely holiday there several years ago, seeing a bit of both places.

Good evening all. Welcome back Bente was wondering where you were! Good to see you back again. Congratulations on your new job and the prospect of leaving home is a big step! ( but also an exciting one!) It will be nice for you to start a life together with your boyfriend and Im sure you wont get on each others nerves. We will look forward to further updates on your new life! Interesting information about the German reunification celebrations! Something really to celebrate I think :)

Bente I sometimes think that the Loch Garten nest is cursed and sometimes it really would seem that way. I dont think any of the Dyfi chicks have been spotted either but thats not to say they have not returned. After all it must be very difficult to identify the number on a Darvic ring. I also wonder about Druie, and not altogether sure about Seasca either, we will never know :(

Keith, many thanks for the table illustrating where the young are now. White14  seems to be taking everything in his stride. Im really hoping that well see Keilder 7H and UV back next year!

Keith that is interesting information about the crows, they are really intelligent creatures. I have seen gamekeepers place dead crows on the fences where pheasant poults are kept, possibly to deterr other crows.

I hope (if you have near neighbours) that they do not witness you in a mask holding a dead crow LOL!