Poole Harbour Osprey Project 2021 Season

CJ7 taking  a half fish from 022

© BofPH

Scylla, I love your snap of CJ7 and 022 looking at each other! Not sure how much you may have tweaked the picture, but it is curious that his necklace appears darker than hers in this snap.

022 has got a very dark chest, looks a lot like a female

Interesting, Richard. I wonder if his will stay dark every time he moults, although other adult Osprey plumage seems to remain much the same from year to year--thinking of Mrs G at Glaslyn who remains very dark every year for example.

I do "tweak" this cam a lot, GARDENBIRDER, because it's so wishy-washy (as well as very low res), but only "all over", so the comparative shades stay as per original, if you see what I mean  

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CJ7 taking  a half fish from 022

This was strange, RICHARD, because I'm wondering if he had got it from her prior, and if she had got it from him even prior-er - so who caught it in the first place?  Or were there 2 different fish-halves?

This is a bit long, covering their behaviour over quite a while:

They were on the nest again thru the afternoon/evening, up till about 19:00.

No-one seen on the nest so far today !!! !!! !!!

Oh lucky you Alison, that would be so exciting and wonderful to see.

Like Catlady, I say lucky you, Alison! I still have never seen an Osprey catch a fish in person, only saw it on videos!

13 June

I think this was the only nest visit all day - 022 for less than 3 minutes in the afternoon: