Hi to all those who watch during the night. EJ seems settled and appears to be dozing off. All as it should be. Only one fish delivered again yesterday but it was big!!!!!!!!!! Odin brought it in whole, EJ went off with it and came back after having her share and presented Odin with the rest. Lovely.
Night, night till the morning.
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Sue C: I was intending to do some gardening, but driven indoors by the cold! Persecution of birds by our ancestors, before the days of farming, going way back to the early days of man seeking out a meal, would not exactly encourage the birds to set up home, also the indigenous hunting creatures of that time, may have a bearing on the choice of nesting sites. viz. The geese and the like, preferring the Arctic Tundra to breed. The reverse argument as you say, is that now that reserves have been set up to encourage breeding, the birds may be in the process on changing these nesting habits. Now I shall put on a jacket and brave the outdoors!
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data Site
Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies
Unknown said: jsb Just to throw a spanner in the works, migrating north to breed clearly isn't essential though, as ospreys can and do breed around the Mediterranean (Corsica, Majorca, Morocco and now southern Spain) on the Canary Islands and I believe even the Cape Verde islands. I know some of these populations aren't thriving, but that's more down to loss of habitat and past persecution. I wonder if the period to fledging/independence is longer in these places?
jsb Just to throw a spanner in the works, migrating north to breed clearly isn't essential though, as ospreys can and do breed around the Mediterranean (Corsica, Majorca, Morocco and now southern Spain) on the Canary Islands and I believe even the Cape Verde islands. I know some of these populations aren't thriving, but that's more down to loss of habitat and past persecution. I wonder if the period to fledging/independence is longer in these places?
Hi jsb, all interesting information as well as your earlier one - perhaps LG can throw a light on whether its longer in warmer places or not.
EJ is preening away, hopefully waiting for Odin to arrive with fish!!!!
I have to go out now, happy watching, All.
Lovely closeup of Marj at LOtL. Something or someone has got her attention.
EJ waiting patiently for his return. A bit restless - turning the eggs - and settling down again.
EJ has just had to protect her nest from another osprey (?) which tried to land.
Intruder alert ... EJ mantling furiously ... intruder landed on nest and seen off by EJ who is still shrieking her anger at the intruder, and very alert. Settles back on the eggs but very wary.
Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!
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I guess Odin must be fishing as Odin didn't come to help EJ, even though she was alarm calling extremely loudly.
Odin arrives with a FISH.
I heard EJ getting excited from the other room & came through to see Odin delivering a good sized fish. EJ was so hungry she started eating before flying off ... unless the fish still had its head on & she was killing it :-)
Lunch is served osprey style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4JccY95OC0