AX6 Axel and his lovely unringed partner Mistle are bonding well, and Mistle has been threatening to lay an egg - we await developments.
It seems that Mistle has been on the perch & nest all night:
IMAGICAT
I got approached by a Portuguese gentleman in November 2018 and he asked me if I knew Green SK? I said "You bet I do" but she has been dead for years. Well he claimed he had a picture but was not getting much response from Roy Dennis
I confirmed the picture then we settled down to wait. This blog appeared on 15th December 2018https://www.roydennis.org/2018/12/15/news-older-ospreys/
Here is the account of her initial dash and details of her mother http://www.zen88810.zen.co.uk/ROspreys%20site/BirdSSK.htm
Interestingly the Norwegian changed her partner in 2000 and it was then she started giving rise to super ospreys which of course one was Green SK
Guess who this is photographed in Portugal back in February
Tiger Signature
THis is green SK in February 2022 photographed by Pip Rowe
Are there any pictures of her mother (The Norwegian)
The way to keep a proper record of nest action is using an obs board like this one. docs.google.com/.../pub
Google Drive allows more than one person to edit the page.
Off topic.
Unfortunately I had quite a strong reaction to covid booster - aching arm, sharp pains in backs of hands, and chills. First I took aspirin, later paracetamol, feeling better now but want to take it easy, so I haven't checked this thru as thoroughly as I should have:
https://youtu.be/TJhwSqEgFVw
CATLADY - I found an intrusion whilst checking thru the afternoon/evening - two, really.
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I haven't read your stories yet, CRINGER, am looking forward to doing so and thanks so much for taking the trouble to educate us.
TIGER, same applies!
While we are reminiscing, I found this video of EJ, Odin and chicks from 2013. Odin has brought a fish for the chicks, and spots another fish which has fallen to the outside of the nest. He retrieves it and claims it for himself. A lovely insight into the daily lives of our famous family. .
Smiles, Jan.
05 April - done your taxes?
I am checking thru other nests, haven't followed this nest since sun-up:
She's been calling and now she's flown... to perch, now back to egg.
Hazel b said:
Sadly all my pictures of the day we put a satellite tracker on S(S)K were put on a laptop which my niece 1 day decided needed a wash so she immersed it in a bath and it never worked again. From memory, I think the Norweigan mother may well have begun her migration that year when we returned to fix the sat tracker on the chick.
Thank you so much for your contribution and news Tiger! Han will be delighted!
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.