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.
Back to early morning, Mistle's behaviour with fish - the kids get fed a few bites (they got more later):
She narrowly missed the chicks but was very sensible in the end:
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22:05 - small fish reported by CRINGER, difficult to snap but it won't go far:
IMAGICAT
15 July
Axel paid an early visit, stayed on the perch preening:
When Mistle went flyabout he took the opportunity to have a close look at his chicks:
He then proceeded to brood the chicks - twice! When Mistle returned she happily(?) stood by for a while before he got up and flew - let's hope he's been inspired to fish!
I'm doing a video, don't hold her breath.
scylla said:He then proceeded to brood the chicks
The whole episode was about 20 minutes altogether, with positional adjustments from time to time.
Hopefully he's gone fishing, I'm off again now, SYAL.
A feed at Loch Garten, and sadness at Loch of the Lowes
(c) RSPB Loch Garten
scylla said:
scylla said: He then proceeded to brood the chicks
Interesting behaviour by a male. Perhaps he was thinking more along the lines of sitting on the 1 remaining egg rather than brooding? It will be very interesting to see if he does a repeat performance once (we hope) there are 3 youngsters and no eggs left to incubate!
I was wondering after the first one hatched whether it was in fact egg 2, as it was a couple of days after first due date, and the second hatch was egg 3. We should know soon enough.
Richard B
Hilary J
12.27 Incoming fine sized fish. Both being fed.
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