NEWS FROM OTHER NESTS - 2021

scylla said:

"Balbucam" (Loire)

Well would you believe it?!   

The cam stayed rock solid until I stopped it @ 7 hours, and look who I found    

Gorgeous orange-ringed (=French) female, 2 minutes only:

I need to sort out the copyright for this cam.

I can't read the timeline but I wonder if it's 18:34?

Lovely! It could be10.34, as the second digit looks like the one in 2021.

Unknown said:

Lovely! It could be10.34, as the second digit looks like the one in 2021.

That makes much better sense, thank you ALISON!  I've also had to correct the ring colour to orange, following info from Kukelke on the Glaslyn Chat.

This is more like what I was expecting to find, lol - I wonder who made the funny not-chirp at the end?

Valerie D said:

details of your Orange ringed osprey

Thank you very much, Valerie, it's nice to get some background

Maybe they've got their very own Blue24?  No, it sounds as tho she doesn't have a pash for the resident male

Thanks Valerie for the background on this Osprey. I've followed the Balbucam nest for a couple of years. As you may know, the group that monitors this nest, and indeed much of the forest, is fighting an uphill battle to stop the construction of a major road through the forest which is a protected area. If you look at the area beyond this nest on Scylla's video (and thanks Scylla for the vid!), you will see a large cleared area - there used to be trees filling that space. My French is very rusty but reading the latest update, I believe they have an important legal hearing on March 18th. Fingers crossed that their appeal to stop the construction is finally upheld. If it goes ahead, the fear is that its impact on this nest (and no doubt the nest of 02 dot) will be detrimental.

Lisa K said:

the group that monitors this nest, and indeed much of the forest, is fighting an uphill battle to stop the construction of a major road through the forest which is a protected area.

Sounds like over here

As you say, Lisa, fingers crossed.

Altho this stream is part-time, unlike others it seems to be being picked up here automatically whenever it comes online, and I think it would be nice to monitor it as closely as poss this season, keeping it in Other Nests so's not to add to the LG forum threads.

That would be great, Scylla. Thanks!

Lots of activity on the nest today - mainly orange-ringed but I haven't stopped to ID the personnel yet - one good close-up shows 02 tho - plus some rivalry half out of view.

I've started a vid but it will be a long time - hypo-ness has taken over, must take a meal break.