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:
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Morning everyone!
09:28 FISH!! It was a large headless fish. Well done Axel
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My goodness me he has obviously got fed up with the tiddlers.
CRinger, I read with interest your account of SK. I had heard of her before from Tiger, but one thing I could never understand (probably 'cause I'm thick) is why SK and SSK. Was that a slip of the finger on the keyboard or was she given a different ring when the tag was fitted?
Axel has remains resolute in his incubation duties, calling occasionally. It's over an hour since MISTLE (just shouting in case anyone is listening!!) flew off with Axel's whopper. Yesterday's wind moved a lot of sticks around. One largish one (it's all relative, and it's about time Axel brought in some more larger branches to make up the rim) when over the right side, and the front was blown around too.
18 March
22 April building up nicely
2 May the front appears to be slipping - note the stick along the right side of the nest
3 May - note the long stick on the right, below the rim on the outside of the nest
Yesterday in the wind
falling down the side of the nest
This morning, the stick has slipped away from the right side, and the front looks rather bare compared with 22 April.
Maybe the extra S was for sinister to indicate the left leg?
11.37 Axel stood up and had a comfort break. 11.40 he returned with contact cheaps, 11.42 has resumed incubation 11.49 Mistle has still not returned. She left at 09.28
THe extra S was for Scottish.
They decided to give each osprey a "name number" to distinguish the various tracked birds.See http://www.zen88810.zen.co.uk/ROspreys%20site/Satellite.htm
It was not a great success.
There was a honey buzzard being tracked at the same time as Green SK and it was on a similar route but it did not make it back to Portugal.
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