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
Hello!
Scylla said: Sheila, I did a video some time ago of the collapse of the front of the nest.
https://youtu.be/JEBlXOy-AdY
Thank you Scylla, yes I did see that both live and your vid. I was actually referring to the stick on the right side which got was moved by the wind. It got lower, then waved vertically in the wind before falling away.
A good round up so far, thank you every one. I did see one slight aggressive move from Mistle. She seemed to push him from the rear - 05.12 Mistle flew off, she landed on the stick tree. 05.21 she flew away from the tree and landed on the perch at 05.32. 05.41 Axel had been incubating. Mistle came down to the nest as Axel got up. She landed behind him and looked to see if he had a fish. He didn't, so she seemed to butt him with her head in his rear end - go get a fish? He walked to the front of the nest to check his newly replaced stick, moving it further to rim, and then flew away.
Whilst incubating Axel moved a large stick from the left of the nest - with the lumps of lichen which he removed before and after he first moved it.
To the front of the nest, and later moved it closer to the rim
It's fascinating following the evolving nest from the basic flat bed, with its strong man-made structure to a more cosy nest cup.
Mistle is on incubation duty, the rain clouds have moved on and it's less windy - well it was for a while, but it picked up again, and I turned the volume down.
© RSPB - Loch Garten & WildlifeWindows
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Hello cakeboy/Dave. One way is to go the the top of the page where you will find Loch Garten ospreys > Loch Garten ospreys
If you click on the right hand one you will get a list of the last post on each thread. Otherwise go to the bottom of the page, click on the double arrow to the right and that will take you to the last page. It's not always user-friendly! Have a wonderful time at LG. Hopefully you will see three eggs being incubated. Please feel free to post any photos you take!!
Changeover. Now both off the nest. Edit: Looks like he had a morsel in his talon that she did not take.
Imagicat || Tiger's links || 2022 LG Obs
16.03 Mistle is back. They both look well fed. :-)
Mistle is back. And Axel leaves. Here he is just before he takes off, perched on his good stick.
Thank you CC for your updates - I've just been through it too! I was confused by the fish tail.
13.47 #2 fish Axel landed with what must have been another good sized fish, but still a decent meal left.
14.29 Mistle returned - initially I thought she had a lump of fish in her talon, then decided no, she didn't as she soon settled down to incubate.
Edit - she did bring some fish back which Axel took at 15.56.
15.00 I could actually see the egg for the first time today!
They did another case of in out in out again!
15.36 she took off, Axel returned. He moved a couple of sticks before Mistle returned, and it was here I thought 'Oh I've got it wrong, she did have some fish and she has it now in her left talon'
15.39 Axel flew off and Mistle incubates. I was still not sure about the returned fish!
15.54 Axel returned with a chirrup, and Mistle took flight again.
15.56 Axel stood on the rim and found the tail end. He took flight with it ENS until
16.03 when Mistle returned and took her time, but incubated.
Now: Mistle is still incubating and the sun is out!