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LOCH GARTEN June 2022

CRinger
01/06/2022 05:55

All quiet on the Osprey front. Mistle started gently food soliciting, then quiet, then stood up to reveal.........

,, what appeared to be a half eaten rainbow trout! No doubt Scylla will be able to get a much sharper image than me. All this happened about 5:45.  It was as stiff as a board. When was that delivered?

Afrer faffing around getting images 1 of them has come back to the nest and is incubating - can't tell which. 

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. 

  • 12/06/2022 14:42
    @Scylla well spotted that she stomped on the chick! I missed that one! It was when she was trying to take the fish off Axel @ 13:42 and overbalanced that my heart was in my mouth!

    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. 

  • 12/06/2022 14:44 in reply to CC

    Unknown said:

    CRinger said:
    strawberry fizz daiquiri so today one third Cava Rosado

    You seem so well-stocked!

    I like to be prepared for every eventuality! Made a delicious Gooseberery fizz the other day, still searching for a good cocktail using Campari.

    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. 

  • 12/06/2022 15:02
    14:49 Axel back with FOTD #3 - a whole but dead brown trout -medium size.

    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. 

  • 12/06/2022 15:37
    15:36 Mistle starts food soliciting - I may be wrong but I think she still has half of the FOTD#3 sitting beside her on the nest!

    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. 

  • 12/06/2022 15:44
    Mistle is quiet again now. Saw an Osprey fly from the dead tree towards but to the left pof the nest. Has Axel gone fishing again when she still has half a fish left?

    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. 

  • 12/06/2022 16:14
    Yup! She started feeding the chicks again with the FOTD #3 @ 15:55 while Axel had probably left the site foraging for FOTD#4 @ 15:44!

    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. 

  • 12/06/2022 16:23
    I would suggest this is another piece of evidence these birds have not bred before. In Olly's and Henry's day if their females started food soliciting they would always come back to the nest first to see if all of the previous fish has been eaten - they rarely went off foraging without checking first.

    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. 

  • 12/06/2022 16:26 in reply to CRinger
    CRinger said:
    still searching for a good cocktail using Campari

    My other favorite summer drink is Campari & soda with lime. A simple and refreshing drink.

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  • 12/06/2022 16:28

    Someone on live chat has just said:

    ​the osprey is so cute!

    ​CAN I ADOPT THAT OSPREY

    ​ITS SO CUTE

    I always thought RSPB 'missed a trick' in not suggesting that all ringed Ospreys hatched on their land could be adopted. Zoos do it - I know they are captive animals, but what a great way to engage with peolle, especially children - send a newsletter when someone's Osprey was seen again. Think 'out of the box'. Excite people. Do something different!

    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.