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
All pictures & videos ©RSPB LochGarten & WildlifeWindows
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bluesky2 said:I would just like to thank all contributors
Thank you, BLUESKY2 - it's so nice when an infrequent poster (not to say lurker) pops in and lets us know we've been useful
While I'm here, I need for my own sake to announce that I'm off duty for a while as I need to collapse following the stress of finding my microwave/grill/combo oven deceased and trying to find a replacement.
SYAL.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Lynn L said:you will be back here in a flash, pardon the pun but I hope that was not what happened with the microwave!
No - I'd taken out my Thai curry to stir and adjust it, put it back in the microwave and realised all the lights were off and it was DEAD. (Fuses etc checked - it's DEAD). It was rather hot, too. Replacement to be ordered from John Lewis but can't figure out a delivery date when Bro will be available so I can't order it yet.
I am lost! What a come-down in my life to be so reliant.
New video by RSPB on the ringing of our osprey kids
https://ospreycam.net
Thanks for posting Bart, a real treat to see this vid!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Oh dear Scylla, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your microwave. We become so reliant on white goods around us these days. Dependant too on our electricity to drive almost everything. It's still warm enough to live on salads for now, but I hope it won't be long before it is replaced and working.
Thank you Bart for posting the link to the ringing vid. How lovely to see 1C2 returning from his first flight and 1C1 greeting him. I have come across Ian Perks before, with news of his ringing elsewhere. What I didn't know was that he was/is an LG Warden and Conservation Manager at Abernethy. Apart from ringing LG nests in the past, he was with RD collecting chicks for the Poole translocation project among other things.
Edit I have just looked at the vid again. The dialogue on the bottom of the vid said that one chick sadly died from salmonella poisoning just before fledging. I know my memory is crap these days, but didn't 1C1 fledge, albeit briefly. One large circular flight
I have just checked, and yes, 1C1 did fledge. She fledged later on the same morning as 1C2.
Thursday 4 August 09.54.50 1C1 fledged and landed on the dead tree.
10.17 Asha/Mistle landed on the dead tree on a lower branch than 1C1
11.52 1C1 was still on the dead tree
12.18 1C2 flew over to the dead tree and landed below her
12.33 1C1 returned to the nest.
I don't think she left the nest again, and so tragically died at 12.34hrs Monday 8 July 2022.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Bart molenaar said:
www.youtube.com/watch
Very poignant to see IC1 and her leg ring