News from Other Nests 2021
2022
CAPTIVA OSPREYS - Andy & Lena
I'd been posting in "Forum Friends", here's a snap brought over, for the sake of starting this thread with something!
IMAGICAT
France, Orleans forest: Balbu Osprey nest cam
VLC-Link: video2.balbucam.fr/.../movie.m3u8
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
CAPTIVA - bad news
There is bad news from this nest, in that one of the chicks has died. There's been very bad weather but the last time I checked none of the "insiders" knew what had gone wrong. I'm just posting this now to remind myself to see what I can find, when time permits.
scylla said:one of the chicks has died
I can't see any external cause apart from the possibility that Andy's talons went astray when he came to try to get fish from Lena - but we couldn't see the fated osplet at that point.
They certainly didn't waste any time contacting the authorities and getting permission to remove the bird for necropsy, and then climbing up to fetch it - well done!
scylla said:They certainly didn't waste any time contacting the authorities and getting permission to remove the bird for necropsy, and then climbing up to fetch it - well done!
It was CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife) who did the retrieval - they looked after Ozzie the SW Florida Bald Eagle when he was injured, and other birds who may be familiar to some of us.
Captiva Island
The 2 survivors are doing well, tho they could be in danger of toppling over the edge sometimes (sez me):
Captive - just checking.
19 March
3 fish during the middle part of the day:
By the time of the third fish, Lena was the only member of the family needing it, and she took advantage (she's got the fish underfoot here):
CAPTIVA
Someone made a big splash across the water - 6 seconds real time, quarter speed:
Coming along nicely on a fine day 21 March - Lena was eating, her head was going up 'n down so fast it was hard to capture them all:
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I forgot all about VISAREND, Nl. Last season it was thought that one of "our" birds might nest there but it came to nothing, but the resident couple did raise a family. I shall add it to the Cam Links thread.
Valerie