LOCH GARTEN UPDATES AND WEBCAM INFORMATION - 2021

Evening all! First time I've logged in for a long time - not at all during last year's disastrous and Covid related non- event. Lovely to see all the familiar posters back in action again - Mission Control sorting everybody and everything out, and CRinger entertaining us with very entertaining anecdotes (not sure whether Joan Collins would appreciate having her clothing choices and body shape compared to a fierce and determined avian raptor, mind....). Great to have, finally, the cam working, after all the hassle. FINGERS (and everything else) CROSSED that we continue to have a working nestcam, and still have a chance of a successful nest.

Does this help? Can just about see both rings, blue one on his left

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Thanks Sandra. I agree a blue leg ring, but without the leg ring number we won't know the age of the bird which may well assist in interpreting his behaviour.

Even clearer here (I rewound a few more seconds - before he landed)

 

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We await MISSION CONTROL who can zoom in to the leg of a gnat on an Osprey's feather.

The main events 18:19-19:20:

Mission Control can't make anything of this, CRinger - for this task the queens are MOFFER and BIRDIE NUM NUM, but I don't think that even they could help.  No, it's a cam-zoomer we need.

I think possibly a '7' at the beginning?

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I must say - she looks a very fine female.

Off she's flown.

ok. so no fish delivery as i had hoped. and it is getting late. almost time for her to go to roost. but the encouraging thing is she is still on the nest. more clues as to the outcome of the season will be revealed at dawn tomorrow? please excuse me. the firemen are now eating my dinner.