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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. 

  • 26/06/2022 21:17
    RT didn't like the chicks at LG being ringed but he put his foot down on sat trackers being put on.......... Then one day Roy and I were out at dawn at the fish farm trying to catch male Ospreys by floating a fish in the water that was covered in snares and tied to the bottom of the loch with a dead weight. We caught a bird! Dashed out to it in the loch and just as we were about to grab it, it got out of the snares and sailed over our heads! No doubt about who it was - the orange eyes asnd direction of departure told the story - it was Henry! We came within a hairs breadth of putting a sat tag on him. I was torn. I said in one way I was glad - couldn't imagine RT's reaction - Roy said 'Anything away from the LG nest is fair game if RSPB approve or not!'

    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. 

  • 26/06/2022 21:19

    I agree with all you say, Scylla.

    Tiger's blog is good because it is fact, but there is no background, pics or videos or interpretation and comment.

    I did say more on Scylla's post about the cam, but it might incriminate me, and appear very ungrateful, which i am not!
    21.13 FISH #4??

    Birdie's DU Summaries 2018   https://www.imagicat.com/

  • 26/06/2022 21:24 in reply to CRinger
    CRinger said:
    Accodring to BBC weather the wind at BOG has now dropped to 8 mph. Come on Axel!

    I just tested it and we can hear the chicks' sweet feeding tweets loud 'n clear, just a bit of wind in the background Hugging

    IMAGICAT

  • 26/06/2022 21:30 in reply to SheilaFE
    SheilaFE said:
    it might incriminate me,

    Elsewhere I would dread getting flamed, SHEILA, but people here know where we're coming from, even if we (more likely I than you) might express ill-considered views.

    Great fish snap, KORKY!

    It's mealtime here, I won't reveal which one Grin

    IMAGICAT

  • 26/06/2022 22:08 in reply to scylla

    It's mealtime here, I won't reveal which one

    scylla said:

    It's mealtime here, I won't reveal which one

    Enjoy yoiur breaklfaunchsupper Scylla. Wedon't care which it is asl ong as the amazing posts and pics keep coming! 

    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. 

  • 26/06/2022 22:16
    Hmmm Mistle can obviouslty see him. Surely he is not back with another fish in THIS light?

    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. 

  • 26/06/2022 22:30
    22.28 a large headless fish from Axel. It no doubt will provide breakfish tomorrow

    Birdie's DU Summaries 2018   https://www.imagicat.com/

  • 26/06/2022 22:36 in reply to CRinger
    CRinger said:
    Hmmm Mistle can obviouslty see him. Surely he is not back with another fish in THIS light?

    YES! You doubter! EVEN in THIS LIGHT!

    SUPERPROVIDER Axel!

    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. 

  • 26/06/2022 22:43

    Here's the latest fish 22.28

    (c) RSPB Loch Garten

  • 26/06/2022 22:51
    Interesting... Mistle feeds (the largest) Bob on the right x 6, then only once the other chick............ both still have their heads up.... then decides its time to brood when there is still 1/4 of 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.