July 2022 thread
Our Osprey family
"Axel", Blue AX6(16) male (yes he does have strong chest markings), a single chick (possibly from 3 eggs) hatched Glen Affric, near Beauly, seen Lossiemouth 2020, then at LG in 2021
"Asha"- Female - Unringed - partnered Axel in 2021.
Axel & Asha (as "Mistle") fled the nest May 2021 due to unknown intruders.
HATCH #1 - 11 June @ 05:30
HATCH #2 - 13 June @ 04:11 (first sighting)
AT RINGING - Quote RSPB Abernethy Facebook "The male BLUE 1C2 is thought to be the older one at 1.5kgs with the female BLUE 1C1 being the younger one at 1.5kgs."
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Asha was eating, as well as feeding 1C2 (on the left) a few bites; 1C1 was self-feeding accompanied by sweet chirplets - constant movement of all 3 made it difficult to get perfect poses in front of the short-lived rainbow:
She disturbed the kids with some evening housekeeping:
1C1 got in a few exercises before settling down for the night alone:
mom flew with fish at 11.06am
returns at11.10am
Good afternoon! Just catching up here.
trevor l said:I may be wrong i think 1c1 is a male and 1c2 is female
Join the doubters
Thank you for the reports, off I go to find a snap or two
trevor l said:I may be wrong i think 1c1 is a male and 1c2 is female Did ringers get it mixed up puting pen to paper ???
Trevor, 1C1 is Female and 1C2 Male, as announced after ringing. 2 was the first chick and 1 was the second, don't know why they never ringed them the other way around, we have all been asking that?
EDIT, sorry Trevor, have re read your post, misunderstood, thought you were you were mixed up with what the ringers said they were, hence my reply, now understand, you like others are thinking they are different sexs, hope you follow my drivvel!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
10.58 fish - a good size. Chat suggests IC1 not interested
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