What every osprey watcher is an osprey that returns from the "Dead". Well a very brown chested osprey has been seen. She has a BTO ring and a tracker but no Darvic. Just who might she be?
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IMAGICAT
I need to get my tea.
Unknown said:and she lost her darvic? (did she ever have one..?)
Yes, WhiteEJ (System won't accept a white heart emoji.)
Great detective work re Alba!
scylla said:Yes, WhiteEJ (System won't accept a white heart emoji.)
silly me, of course she had a darvic.
OK, could be Nethy, Mallachie, Tore, Millicent or Seasca? All of these had trackers but maybe lost their darvics? I've a feeling that we know some of those didn't make it so will now check that.
Tiger, is this a 19 course banquet you're having??
Well it's not easy searching this site for old posts regarding the fate of old ospreys. Some of course we know are dead because their bodies were found (eg Caledonia). And for many others, their trackers stopped working so they were presumed dead. I think that applies to all those I've mentioned....but maybe their trackers started again AND they lost their darvic. But anyway, I'm going to pass the baton over to someone else to see if they can complete Tiger's quiz!
Unknown said:Well it's not easy searching this site for old posts regarding the fate of old ospreys. Some of course we know are dead because their bodies were found (eg Caledonia). And for many others, their trackers stopped working so they were presumed dead. I think that applies to all those I've mentioned....but maybe their trackers started again AND they lost their darvic. But anyway, I'm going to pass the baton over to someone else to see if they can complete Tiger's quiz!
Imagicat is a good place to start. See Loch Garten
It turned out to be a Lake of Menteith osprey JN5 (Hatched 201)
The spirit and memory of EJ lives on - a picture I commissioned from a Toronto artist today - STUNNING!.........
Some people think Ospreys are a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.