August is the month when we've seen the Loch Arkaig ospreys depart on their journey south. We've enjoyed watching them this year - the wonderful parenting skills of Aila and Louis, and the antics of their 3 chicks, Captain, Vera and Doddie.
Mary GK did an absolutely wonderful video summarising the 2020 season. Thank you so much Mary! And here is Geemeff's great compilation, thank you!
2020 last dates:
Doddie JJ6 was last seen at the nest on Saturday 15th August 2020
Aila was last seen on Saturday 22nd August 2020
Captain JJ7 was last seen on Sunday 23rd August 2020
Vera JJ8 was last seen on Saturday 5 September.
An unidentified osprey was seen off camera on Sunday 6 September eating a fish. This could well have been Louis, having arrived and found no Vera around to feed.
Doddie JJ6 was videod and photographed fishing for over a fortnight at Avalon Marshes in Somerset
Link to July 2020 thread
Link to Youtube channel
Link to Woodland Trust Loch Arkaig page/webcam feed
They're on Mars!!!
Unknown said:They're on Mars!!!
Brilliant !!! Thank you, KORKY
IMAGICAT
It's wonderful! That was so exciting to watch the Mars landing live from NASA, and now we learn our Osprey family are part of it. The HeraldScotland's article said: 'The mission blasted off in summer 2020 and in the last few days the Perseverance Rover has reached the surface of Mars with the osprey names among those etched on special chips.'
Hi everyone, not long now til the nest cam goes live, can't wait to see Louis & Aila's return.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Here's the season highlights from 2019 when Linda Keene put their names forward to the NASA Perseverance project, lovely to think of them including Mallie and Rannoch on Mars - starbirds!
Link to yesterday's Osprey2021 lecture from The International Osprey Foundation and Dr. Alan F. Poole, author of “Ospreys: The Revival of a Global Raptor,”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o6hN966iy15y5IlClZJQuhku8NaiqyQS/view
Many thanks to Debi Griffith, Sanibel-Captiva Audubon Society, for sending me the link ahead of its being posted on their website.
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LINK TO THE NEW THREAD FOR 2021
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023