Osprey at Hilton Head right now
I have visited Loch Insh on Friday, Monday and yesterday Wednesday the 12th
Yesterday was the best weather day, and the first time that I seen that there were two chicks in the nest.
The female Green DY
All above heavily zoomed and cropped, hence not the best quality.
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Thank you Mary. Nice shots.
Birdies LG DU update.
Lovely pics Mary, thank you for posting.
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Tweed Valley chicks fitted with tracking devices
Latest from NTS Threave
"Our second Osprey chick fledged today at 15:40"
Lovely photos Mary.
At the Seili, Finland nest. there is still concern over the youngest chick, who is frequently left out at feedings, but it has eaten some today.
And maybe tomorrow will be the day the oldest chick fledges? :)
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Oh no, a chick was knocked out of the single-dad nest in Seili at about 8 pm local time. The youngest was eating and then the oldest wanted to have a go. The oldest has been consistently aggressive toward the youngest and kept pushing to get the fish.The strong winds caught the oldest by the tail, and then the youngest, who fell over the edge. The youngest was able to regain his footing.
There is no audio.
EDIT: The chick probably landed on the platform of the nest tower.
Update on Seili 14 July. I hope I have understood all of the information correctly. I know very little Finnish, and Google translation does a mediocre, though often comical, job.
Chick #1 has fledged this morning!
Chick #2 is close to fledging. Here we see some lifting off, with the obligatory landing on the sibling.:)
The fate of Chick #3, who fell from the nest yesterday, remains unknown. Maintenance personnel visited the nest tower this morning and found no signs of an osprey, dead or alive, no feathers. Here is a reference picture with a full side view of the tower; you can speculate on where he might have landed, falling from the camera side of the nest.
Something has clearly caught the attention of Vasuri and the chicks. This photo was taken after the maintenance men were there. What do they see?Chick #3? Other humans?
The next chapter? "From the University of Turku, Seil's Occupied Archipelago Sea Institute, there is a direct line of sight on the nest. The camera is in the hands of the University of Turku and the University of Applied Sciences so they know the situation and they do what they do. So wait for peace."
Thanks Pandy, I was hoping they would find the other chick, looks like another loss, such a shame.