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."
RSPB Video Channel - Osprey, Goshawk, Barn Owls: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl8QdQ9ZaBT65tF1yOmbMBQ
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IMAGICAT
Look who is feel comfy at the nest. Arrived at 19:23 and still here
https://ospreycam.net
OSPREY & GOSHAWK cams both in permanent buffers.
EDIT - recovered.
That is magical. I can't for sure say it is KL5 because I cannot read the number clearly, but I am pretty sure it is. Edit Bart's capture is clear enough! Many thanks Bart!I loved him when he landed with 1C1, felt sorry for him for the eviction by 1C2 and am delighted to see him back again.
19:02.19 Osprey flew over the dead tree, and landed on the cam with a clonk.
19.23.45 Landed on the nest, looking over the back and to the top right.. It looks like AL5, is it?
19.36 He wandered across the nest, and began tidying, picking up the remains of the last 'hedgehog'
19.42 Checking over the back of the nest
19.54 A bit of a preen
19.59 Facing 'us' on the nest
He just stood on the nest until
20.19 He was on the left rim….
20.21 Outrageous he pooped across the nest!! And then started tidying up the floor!
20.49 Tidying up again
20.23 He took off over the cam.
Will he be back?
Will he return next season?
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
21.13 cam started buffering, and still doing it
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The cam recovered after "not too long".
Here was KL5's visit - thank you to BART and SHEILA for their reports and snaps:
I did a silly snap of his head in the sunset, for the helluvit.
It's not out of the question that a potential lady-love might be travelling south and might be beguiled by this laid-back character
Lynn L said:went to see Grease,
I was playing Better Shape Up (it's probably called You're the One that I Want, but I think of it as Better Shape Up) on YouTube the other day, such a cheerful sound - and what a lovely, talented girl she was.