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
21 August
It's been a dull dawn - no-one seen.
I'm away for the morning.
AX6 on the nest 8.36am
Gosh, curious indeed. Here he is
(c) RSPB Loch Garten
Soo many questions. It’s like watching a good thriller… it ain’t over yet..
And who knows.. it might have been the smart thing to do, instead of confronting kl5.. well, as long as 1c2 is with him
https://ospreycam.net
Thank you for the heads up of the visit by Axel and the vid and pics. Where on earth has he been. Were we right in hoping Axel had been feeding 1C2 off the nest. Could it have been the nest he and Mistle/Asha set up home on last year when thy left LG after a month? Or is it all hopeful reasons for his disappearance.
Thinking about Asha. She was last seen 14 August for twelve minutes. She gave gentle contact calls before raising the volume. She had puffed up her feathers before leaving at 10.30. Was that the point she had made up her mind to leave.
Checking the data for LG, EJ's departure had an average of 17 Aug, with anything between 3 August 2018 - her disastrous year and the Hopeless George who took her fancy at the beginning of the season - and 2009 when Odin first appeared when her last sighting was 27 August.
So really 14 August isn't really Asha leaving early. The more strange fact, and against the osprey rules book, is that Axel left on 15 August, before his noisy youngster. Even stranger is that 1C2 didn't look as though he had been without food. I think is was Thursday 18 August we last saw 1C2, when he appeared three times: 06.06 to 06.15; 08.55 to 09.05 and 09.10 to 09.11
Of course, as I have said oft before, it's all conjecture. We have no evidence to back any theory!! Can anyone please confirm my dates and times, please?
I have noted that Trevor is now Dusty!!
13.45 I heard a passing buzzard calling.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/