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Clare Bailey said:Glesni started eating a clump of something
Hi Clare
Mary and I noticed an increase of these clumps being brought to the Nests this year, Rutland's were multiplying by the day Chol:):)
Maybe they have some nutrients remnants passed on from the cows??????
SunnyKate2 said:Maybe they have some nutrients remnants passed on from the cows??????
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
SunnyKate2 said: Glesni started eating a clump of something Hi Clare Mary and I noticed an increase of these clumps being brought to the Nests this year, Rutland's were multiplying by the day Chol:):) Maybe they have some nutrients remnants passed on from the cows?????? [/quote] Ospreys do occasionally supplement their diet with a bit of vegetable matter, and you are right SunnyKate2 it's to do with the vitamins and nutrients in bark or cow dung (pre-digested vegetable matter I guess), that support and complement their 99.9% fish diet. I remembered reading this very helpful article by Paul Wildlifewriter which explains more on the subject, and managed to dig it out again... Chocoholix shiny new 2018 Interactive Osprey & Chick Chart! (with clickable links!)
Glesni started eating a clump of something
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Ospreys do occasionally supplement their diet with a bit of vegetable matter, and you are right SunnyKate2 it's to do with the vitamins and nutrients in bark or cow dung (pre-digested vegetable matter I guess), that support and complement their 99.9% fish diet.
I remembered reading this very helpful article by Paul Wildlifewriter which explains more on the subject, and managed to dig it out again...
Chocoholix shiny new 2018 Interactive Osprey & Chick Chart! (with clickable links!)
chocoholix said: Glesni started eating a clump of something Hi Clare Mary and I noticed an increase of these clumps being brought to the Nests this year, Rutland's were multiplying by the day Chol:):) Maybe they have some nutrients remnants passed on from the cows?????? [/quote] Ospreys do occasionally supplement their diet with a bit of vegetable matter, and you are right SunnyKate2 it's to do with the vitamins and nutrients in bark or cow dung (pre-digested vegetable matter I guess), that support and complement their 99.9% fish diet. I remembered reading this very helpful article by Paul Wildlifewriter which explains more on the subject, and managed to dig it out again... [/quote]Thanks, Chocoholix - that was a very interesting read! This possibly means that the Glaslyn birds also have a history of eating cow pats if their fish intake contains lots of mullet. Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
[/quote]Thanks, Chocoholix - that was a very interesting read! This possibly means that the Glaslyn birds also have a history of eating cow pats if their fish intake contains lots of mullet.
A question, please, for Osprey experts re EJ's behaviour on the LG nest.
After the eggs were broken and she had some fish, she gradually started to spend more time away from the nest, and when on it, stood on the edge in the usual position.
Now she has reverted to incubating the phantom egg more or less full time.
I wondered if it was possible that because of the many recent intrusions, including a female, she is trying to demonstrate ownership of the nest - has this behaviour been observed elsewhere?
Or is it that she is still hormonally unstable, and generally distressed by the situation?
chocoholix said:It's for Tiger or ChloeB - Why is imagicat called imagicat?
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
It seems as if this thread is afflicted by the "white page" menace. Thus we will have to start a new page.
Tiger Signature
Hazel b said: It seems as if this thread is afflicted by the "white page" menace. Thus we will have to start a new page.
I thought it was me! Thank goodness!!
So was I but seems ok now.
Birdies LG DU update.