This is a new thread for Rutland Ospreys, to cover:
Some links to check
Rutland Ospreys Website
Blog (will be used to report on West Africa trip)
Twitter
Hazel b said: Just tweeted: "More amazing news...the FOURTH chick from 2009 has returned!! 03(09) from Site N, the first of 08's offspring to return"
Just tweeted:
"More amazing news...the FOURTH chick from 2009 has returned!! 03(09) from Site N, the first of 08's offspring to return"
Wow that is good news. Mind still carries 3 (97) genes.
That's no bad thing!!
sandy said: Just tweeted: "More amazing news...the FOURTH chick from 2009 has returned!! 03(09) from Site N, the first of 08's offspring to return"
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[/quote]Agreed that they're "good returning genes" but they are getting slightly dominant in the population.
New clip uploaded by RW from yesterday:
03(09) returns - Blog update
www.ospreys.org.uk/osprey-blog
Just the one chick at Site B:
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/one-chick-is-better-than-none/
5R the fishing machine:
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/5r-the-fishing-machine/
Another entry in Kens diary:
www.ospreys.org.uk/two-loaves-and-eight-fishes-and-a-miracle
Sandy: did you ever find out who the site O breeding pair in 2009 were? Really frustrating that the original website is still available, with all the translocation/ breeding details down to 2006, but we seem to have completely lost the 2007-2010 data.
Sorry, can I ask another question: the male at site O is said to be "AA (06)" - but there were two 06 birds with that ring (both from site B - must have got a job lot of rings that year!) I presume this is maroon AA (thought to be male at ringing) rather than his 'sister', yellow AA, but they seem to have done routine blood tests on the translocated birds, and I was surprised how often the initial guess was wrong.
Hi Rachel,
Yes AA(06) is maroon AA, although I understand that the darvic ring has now fallen off